Last night, we took a potluck meal to the group home where Jason lives. “We” is my husband David’s small group at church. It’s made up of David and several other couples who got together each week during the school year. I don’t go, because David asked me to go to a different group that […]
My world is small, but it is big enough for me. My house could be in any suburb in any city in America, yet if I walk 15 minutes down the street, around the corner and past the high school, I can poke my head through the bushes that line the bike trail and take […]
Megan had an orthodontist appointment today, and I’m sure glad she has her driver’s license so she can drive herself there, even though it still makes me nervous. I like that television commercial for car insurance, where the dad looks over at his teenage daughter behind the wheel and sees her as a toddler. In […]
I wish my iphone could adequately translate the beauty of the midwest in the spring into a photograph…so many curves and so much green. Especially this year, with the deluge of rain we have gotten. Cornrows are not always straight, even though straight is certainly easier. You do what you can with what you have. […]
We finally got a nice, sunny, warm day and I ventured out into the garden to see just how bad the weeds were. My plants didn’t seem to care a whole lot about the weeds, so I took some pictures of them just to inspire myself to get out there and at least keep the […]
There is a new love in my life. Handmade books. The thing I love the most is the paper… amazing colors and patterns and textures. In the photo, I am binding my first ever book. It’s just a simple blank book that I hope I will use as a sketchbook. The measurements for the needle […]
So many things are fleeting. The last petals to fall off my poppies, the last rays of a sunset, or my delight in the kitchen counter when it is cleared of dirty dishes for one brief moment. But I think the most fleeting thing I know of is time. This photo might not immediately bring […]
School is out for the summer today. In just 4 more days, Saedah, the gorgeous young lady in the middle, will go back home to Palestine. She was an exchange student here in our town for her sophomore year of high school. She and my daughter, Megan (on the right of this gorgeous group) became […]
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