On Wednesday, Inaugeration Day

 

Words on Wednesday: More from the Summer Reading List

  Left out a few books last week, and i really enjoyed them.
  These

Useful Resources

Jefferson quote ME 7:253 from https://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/ThomasJefferson/jeff1350.htm  other quotes from pdf link below

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Purple Heart Conversation

My Dad's Medals and Patches:-  yes, i need to take it down and fix the Technician patch better!

Wordless Wednesday: Soldier Train

Predictions, Pirates, and Politics

Some things become true just because people believe they are.

Saturday Sisters: Ichabod's Mother

  She is known only through her relatives.

A Saturday Sister, part 2: Ruth

   The story of Ruth is one of the most beautiful in the Bible, but i never

Election Day

Twenty-six states are having their general elections today.
i hear this will be a light turnout election day.
That's a shame.  While the elections are not high profile,

The following is a test of your parenting skills. . . .

  i am no one's authority figure.  Apparently i have influence in some quarters; authority is something different.

Telephones & Talking

That evening, Boom pointed Cookie Monster's cookie, Cookie Monster's mouth, Cookie Monster's cookie, Boom's mouth. Message Received!  Boom wants a cookie, and he asked without words.

  I
  Boom didn't talk until after he was two.  From the age many kids first talk, he never had any trouble expressing his needs  When he did really start,

Saturday Sisters: Sarah: And After the Promise was Fulfilled

Our Family Snapshot of Abraham and Sarah 

 Sarah always spoke her mind.  Her husband listened to her. 
  So Hagar became the mother of Ishmael, but

Knotty Little Guardianship Question

  Max likes us to deal with his paperwork.  He has expressed his appreciation for not having to handle it himself.
  When this came in the mail, i thought it was something related to his Medicaid or such.  The envelope was marked like something highly important.

Sarah: Part 3: A strong Woman, Beloved

 

  She wasn't included.

  There was no way around the crushing news.  Her husband's promise did not include her.

Sarah: Part 2: Love in the Time of Famine

  A horror that would be casually regarded in his own time is the sacrifice Abram asked of  his wife.

Learning Parenting: Part 2: How Much Choice?

   i am surely the world's greatest believer in choices.
  I still try to not think of

For Want of a Med. . . .

  i have gotten good at editing out traffic in the photos.  It looks like we don't have any, doesn't it?
  That would, of course, be a lie.  i just don't like to look at other people's cars in my photos.
  This story is about very real traffic.

Saturday Sisters: Sharing Our Testimony

  So many of us KNOW what Jesus has done for us but have a hard time sharing.  Yesterday i got in my inbox a link to Liz Curtis Higgs' article, telling how she shared the difficult story of her own past with her children.

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: January 1, the Seventh Day of Christmas

WORDLESS

In Honor of Those Who Have Nothing to Say

Most of us leave a legacy of words.

Some speak endlessly.

Others fluently

Or haltingly.

Some leave a legacy in what we do.

Surely Joseph said something over his lifetime,

but Scripture attributes no words to him.

He was a just man.

He considered the unpalatable options.

He heard the angel.

He obeyed.

He faithfully cared for those in his charge as long

as he drew breath.

Haunting Mistake

  i think i may have mentioned that numbers are not my thing.