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What About When You Fail?
Flashbacks Several years ago, I did the Scripture reading at church. Yes, I have done them since! Anyway, this one was about Abraham taking his beloved son up Mount Moriah, ostensibly to sacrifice him to the Lord. Of course, we know what happened: God provided a ram....
The Grandfather Clock
Standing in my family room is a grandfather clock—not just any grandfather clock. This is the one that has known me for my entire adult life. Purchased in England The clock was purchased in England in 1976 when my family immigrated there. I was 18. For the next three...
Fame
Not an Influencer Not all of us want to be famous, but let’s be honest. We all want to be remembered for something, even if we’ll never be an “influencer.” After a recent gathering of writers, where one could hear book descriptions from every side, I thought about the...
Ignorance Isn’t Always Bliss
Baby Book While cleaning out Mom’s home, we came across my father’s baby book. Those who read his story will know, but for those who haven’t, Dad was born in the Belgian Congo in 1933. His father worked as an accountant on the Capetown to Cairo railway. His mother was...
We Had to Do it, So We Did!
Eventually, almost everyone has to do it: move their parents. My husband never had to because he emigrated from England, leaving his family behind. He’s the exception. My siblings and I just finished doing it, and my husband helped. We spent over two weeks working...
The Joy of the Home School Conference
My husband, Richard, and I just got home from our first-ever home school convention: Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV). Let me hasten to add that I felt a bit of a fraud, considering I didn’t home-school my children. In their day, it was barely a thing. In...