Category Archives: Uncategorized

Home, Sweet Home.

It’s been three (or four?) days since we moved … and while it was probably one of the most complicated moves on record {think of moving truck all packed up, movers paid ready to go and finding out nearly 9 hours later that we did not even have a house to go to!} … but […]

View full post »

And now we wait and live…

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.” – Henry David Thoreau       There are a lot of boxes … […]

View full post »

Changing the Scenery…

Things have been a little quiet here lately … because we’ve been working on all the details of moving house! Yes, we are moving back to the country! I cannot WAIT to hear let the girls run through the fields, climb trees, explore, hear the crickets at night, see the fireflies glow in the summer […]

View full post »

It is Well.

A once successful lawyer and wealthy landowner, this godly father of five children, had it all. Hartio Spafford had a loving wife, four lovely daughters, one wee son. They were happy. Their family was financially secure and wealthy. All was well. And yet the events that were to unfold for this family in the following […]

View full post »

Ketchup, the Mennonite Way.

  On this rainy, chilly Saturday morning, my friend, Jen and I found our way driving down long, cornfield lined country roads, the van piled high with tomatoes, canning jars, and eager anticipation.  We were ready to spend our Saturday elbows deep in tomato juice and various spices … you see, much to our excitement, […]

View full post »