Seeds on the breeze!
This month our Compassion daughter graduated from the Compassion program. Last Friday I wrote our last letter to her. I knew she would be graduating soon … and I was totally expecting this day to come. But I…
Life lessons learned … enriching the soil for others.
Throughout the month of October, we’ve been discussing the topic of marriage and dating. I began our discussion on marriage with a photo of this Big Leaf Maple in our backyard. It is a great illustration of what…
Marriage is a garden
This past weekend hubby and I pulled up the last few remaining bean plants and tomato plants. It’s November and time to prepare the garden for winter. Marriage is like a garden. Our garden plot (which you can…
“Poverty Rock”
This past Sunday hubby and I were given last-minute tickets to the Seahawks game! Whoo-Hoo!! On our way down to the stadium, we drove I-90 across Mercer Island and into downtown. Mercer Island is known for being where…
What to do with the hard times??
Marriage is like “building-out” a flowerbed of life together. The original lay of the land, and the plants which had previously filled up the “flowerbed” of singleness are “dug up” and “rearranged” … and together, a new “flowerbed…
Flowerbed “build-out”
Today’s background photo was from this day in history two years ago. As you can see, at the time hubby and I were in the middle of “building-out” a new flowerbed. When it comes to marriage, each person…
Building a life … it takes a team.
Building a life is hard. This morning I felt overwhelmingly exhausted as I watched hubby’s headlights back out in the cold darkness, and as he drove away to face another grueling day of work. It’s the exact same…
Building a life … two visions = division
Perhaps you might be in a dating relationship, and perhaps you might be wondering: “Is this person ‘the right one’? Should I get married??” As stated yesterday, the first thing to consider is: How has God called you…
Building a life … what about the “what if’s”?
Perhaps you might be single and asking the question: “Should I get married??” The first thing to consider is ... God has called us each to “build a life”, regardless of whether or not we are single or…
Building a life … whether single or married
Hubby and I are embarking on a new endeavor. We are going to build-out a room in the workshop. The winter rains have arrived, and it is now dark and cold and rainy … all the time. No…