God speaks to us through our Children

My kids and their current phases Gabriel- All the questions! My son is going through the phase of asking a ton of questions All. Day. Long. “Mama, what’s this called? Why did you say ‘insert phrase’? What’s your name? What does ‘insert word here’ mean?” Who else has kids that are going through this phase? …

Just Keep Smiling

Mother Teresa’s Humility Do you remember Dory’s song in Finding Nemo? “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, what do we do we swim, swim, swim.” That is what was going through my head when I came up with the title of this post. But instead of swimming, I use the …

“Look at Me!”

Distracted thoughts and Interruptions I wake up to hear the kids are up again. I drag my feet out of bed, hop into the shower and get ready for the day. I come out and Shiloh is cooing. I carry some things upstairs and then come back down to bring her up. I clean the …

Friday Features Guest #8: Elizabeth OKeefe

                    a “ Do sm(all) things with ^ great love”                                                    =                                                  God “Do ALL things with a GREAT God”  As I reflected on Mother’s Teresa’s famous quote, I found myself staring at the words and pondering what they really meant. For I am a word-girl, meaning I often think I know what a …