When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be
burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
~ Isaiah 43:2 ~

I think it is one of the richest things about getting older – we have so many memories to draw on – that is when we can remember. While I often have difficulty with current things (what did I come into this room for…?) I have a fine memory for family times from the past.
Recently [...]

Does this sound as impossible to you as it does to me? Where does the time go? This has been a different sort of summer for us.
It seems like more of our friends are having visitors and visiting others than in years past. I think it is partly due to the economy, since it is [...]

This June marked the 20th year our family has vacationed at the same cabin that we’ve rented from the same family. That is the entire life span of our son Eric, who was just three months old the first time we came here. Our daughters were two and four.
We lived in the same house for [...]

I hope you all enjoyed your 4th of July weekend. I know we did. Its always good to have some extended family time.
This week I have a very special guest writer – my daughter Emily.  She is oldest of our children who are still at home  and has always been homeschooled. I must say that [...]

Our son Eric was diagnosed with Leukemia in July of 1991 whenhe was 16 months old. That was the year our oldest daughter was to start school in the fall.
For years we had been praying about and planning on homeschooling our children. We knew several families with children older than ours who were homeschooling and [...]