Today is the last day of school for this year. My daughter is excited. The end of the school year and a non-uniform day as well. As I thought about today, I reflected where we were a year ago. We had no idea where Miss K would go to school in September. Her special needs were making things a bit complicated. Add to that the school system is something I have not experienced as a parent or even as a…
For 364 days a year my daughter waits with great anticipation. Waiting for that one day. That day when it is her birthday. In January she will say, “it is almost my birthday.” The natural comment to her is, “is your birthday next week?” To which I respond, “No, it is in July but to her, it is almost her birthday.” So for 364 days, we wait with anticipation for the one day that we celebrate. There are reasons to…
World War II was a horrible time in history yet there are numerous stories fiction and non-fiction written in that time period. I think it is because we enjoy reading about the kindness of people during a horrible time. We want to cheer on those who are fighting to survive. We applaud those who reach out to help. Even in a horrible time of history, there are stories of beauty, stories of love and sacrifice. When I read that Cathy…
Are you a reader? If so, the challenge might be finding books to fit in these categories. If you are not a reader, this might be the challenge you need to encourage you to read missionary biographies. A challenge can help us to grow. Recently I shared 5 Reasons You Need to Read Missionary Biographies which gives you the why you need to read missionary biographies. Now I want to challenge you to do something with that knowledge. I am going…
I am going, to be honest. Remember at the beginning of the year I said that you could expect three things from me on this blog. So now I am going to be authentic. I signed up for this review because I had read a book by this author. I knew it was suspense but I didn’t really read the adoption part. I didn’t think about how hard it might be to read or write a review. I am actually…