Hannah and I just returned from a whirlwind road trip! We left yesterday morning, and returned this afternoon!  Yes, it was quick, but so very worth it! At almost-6-years-old, Hannah finally got to meet her great-grandparents (on Daddy’s side)!! . . I’m not sure who was more excited about this meeting, Hannah or Great-Grammy! . . Grammy~Hannah~Great-Grammy: 3 Generations! . . …
Custom, Ceremony, and Tradition…
Custom, ceremony, and tradition have fallen on hard times.  There is a tendency to dispense with the tried-and-proven ways of doing things and to innovate.  We look for spontaneity, newness, the “unstructured,” sometimes thinking that we are on Jesus’ side by so doing, for did He not condemn the Pharisees for clinging to tradition?  It was their clinging to tradition to the …
Raising a Homemaker – Q&A {part 3}
This is the third in a “series†of questions and answers clarifying what it means (and, perhaps, more accurately, what it does not mean) when I say I am raising a homemaker. . ——— . But, what if marriage and/or a family is not God’s will or plan for her? .  . Let’s clear one thing up right away.  By …