There are times when I feel like the people closest to me recent me the most. Nothing they actually do or say cries out the foul, but it’s almost something in their eyes or tone of voice. It seems to say “you are not really working and it is not fair you are getting paid. 
Our household has been a much more peaceful place over the last several weeks. My husband and I have instituted the “Buck System.” Each child earns bucks through the week by doing choirs, doing things that are asked the first time and having a good attitude. They lose bucks with misbehavior or they spend them…
It seems easy to make the decision that focuses on self. It is the natural thing to do. But one look at the life of a person that lives that way proves that living for self is not an easier life – in some ways it becomes more complicated. I am determined to live a…
Writing at home (or doing any work) can be frustrating on some days and just simply impossible on others. It doesn’t help my personal situation that my office is located smack in the middle of the house – in the kitchen no less. There are just days when it doesn’t seem like I can put…
This morning I was reading an old entry in my diary. “The differences require my dependence on God.” It turns out that even when I face a similar situation as before, I have to come at it from a different angle. If I could work it out the same each time then I could rely…
Several years ago I discovered a great little program that said there was no need to diet. Dieting was just a way of controlling food instead of controlling yourself. I jumped on board and lost 30 pounds in just twelve weeks. The best part of it all was that I stopped drinking diet drinks, I…
The call to obedience keeps showing up. Over the last several weeks, every bible study I have been going through, every devotional that I have received and every sermon I have heard has focused on obedience in one form or another. I’ll admit I have been struggling a bit with the whole concept of just…
Most people grew up hearing some form of “work hard and you can achieve your goals.†Any one that has ever done sports of any variety has certainly heard that pep talk before. But more and more people are discovering that it’s not how hard you work that pushes you to your goals but HOW…
There are times when I go out into our field and sit at the picnic table to do my bible study. Today I was sitting there looking at the cloudy sky complaining about the wind blowing my hair in my face. “Turn around.” It was a simple thought and it made since, so I did….
There is only one way to guarantee that you will ever become a successful writer. You have to write. It may seem simple enough but anyone who has ever tackled this particular field will tell you that it is rarely easy. There are days when your schedule is too hectic, the kids are too chaotic…