By the time most of you read this, the month of October will be gone. Last year’s autumn was slow and gradual, culminating in the most glorious color. I remember many Indian summer days where the temperatures were in the high 60’s and 70’s. I went walking on those blissful afternoons, the spicy scent of [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Duet in Autumn
October 31, 2009Another Treasure from Laura Ingalls Wilder
October 29, 2009Like most little girls, I was fascinated by the stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder. My mother read them aloud to me and my sister, Lisa, and they made a big impression. I even had my mother braid my long hair in third grade and put ribbons on the ends because I wanted to be like [...]
Please Pray for this Baby and Family
October 28, 2009I want to pass on this situation for prayer. Because of our own new baby, this situation really breaks my heart. Please remember this family in prayer. More information and updates can be found here.
What Happens When Brothers Babysit
October 27, 2009Before October Goes
October 26, 2009Before the month of October goes, I’d like to just say a few words about it being Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Spousal abuse is real and far too little is said in the church about it. What is said, like a piece I read recently by a Southern Baptist pastor, places the blame for violence [...]
At the Gingerbread House
October 23, 2009I got to meet Christina, a Hope Blog reader, at a charming little coffee shop located in an 1885 farm house in Muskego. I also got to meet Christina’s darling little girl, Naomi. Naomi and Emmy are four weeks apart, and although Em started to get cranky a few minutes after we arrived, she [...]
Wednesday Diary
October 21, 2009The baby has been sleeping for 8-9 hours a night. (I have to pinch myself as I type that to make sure I’m not dreaming.) It’s been going on for several weeks now. About 10pm, she has her last bottle and then she’s off to bed. She doesn’t make a squeak until about the time [...]
Happy Sweetest Day to Emmy’s Daddy
October 17, 2009I thought I’d add this photo from last night (Saturday.) Tom played one of my favorite oratorios with the Bel Canto Chorus, Israel in Egypt. “Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously! The horse and his rider, hath He thrown into the sea. The Lord shall reign forever and ever…”
Weighty Matters
October 15, 2009Our cultural ideal of female beauty involves extreme thinness. Despite all the talk about eating disorders and the importance of a good self-image for girls, the reality is that celebrities and magazines still exalt those whose figures resemble tongue depressors. As a mother of two daughters, one of them a teenager, I have been thinking [...]
