“No, no, no, no!!!” Essie belts out as Gabe and I are having an after dinner conversation. “Why are you saying that Essie?” I ask. “I am telling my mind to not say the word Hate” she replies. We talked earlier about having choices in what we say and do and that if we control [...]
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Essie had been begging to let her watch the “Jesus” movie (Read from the Gospel of Luke) for weeks. We finally had a chunk of time (2 hrs) where she could watch it. It was just Essie and Joel and I at home while the others were at the Spanish Church. She watched the entire [...]
Kaleb (7), Selah (6), Essie (4) 1. What is something mom always says to you? K: Pick up that. S: Do your chores. E: Don’t lie, tell the truth, not obey Satan, obey Jesus, God, count with you, do letters with you, do the blog with you…(whew!) 2. What makes mom happy? K:When I pick [...]
I lay with Essie on her bed in the dark. Kaleb and Selah are in their bunk bed. We talk a bit about things of earth, then what is waiting for us in our “other home” -heaven. We go around giving thanks to God for things. Suddenly Essie speaks up, “I want to go to [...]
Kaleb (very worried) while writing an address on an envelope: “Mommy, I made a mistake. I made an “o” instead of a zero (0).” Dinner conversation recently: Selah: “Mommy, what do you think that noise was by our door?” Kaleb: “I think it was a robber” Essie: “I think it is a HIPPO (said with [...]
After having a long night conversation with the 3 older kids… Kaleb(pensively): So, since Jesus loved us so much, is that why we are supposed to love others? Me: Yes, He set a good example of love for us didn’t He? Kaleb (Amazed voice): “Ooooh, I didn’t know that. Is there a verse in the BIble [...]
The kids were loaded up in the car. We were going to Bible study. In a few hours Daddy would be leaving for Kansas for a few days. We prayed together. After we say our goodbyes Selah says, as if suddenly worried, “Daddy, do you know how to speak Kansas”?!
One of my favorite things as a teacher was having my students write poetry…especially limericks (maybe b/c I love Ireland:-). Sooo, besides learning about the history of st. Patrick and the clover(how he explained the trinity) we wrote a limerick together! We were able to turn it in to the library’s Limerick contest too. Friday [...]
Kaleb- “Thank you God for saving us for FREE”! He has been learning about money recently and just made enough (saving for about 1.5 years of doing yard work and and odds and ends jobs for other people) to buy himself a watch from Walmart ($9)! He was SOOO proud and is also realizing that [...]
You are in for some laughs and smiles if you read THIS “Worm Funeral” STORY on a friend of mine’s website. Make sure to click on the picture of the “gravestone” to enlarge and read it!! Wow, kids can be SOOOOO cute!
