Archive For The “Prayer” Category
Sarah‘s step-mom, Ceré, found out she has terminal cancer in November 2009. She has recently decided to stop treatments and has been rapidly declining. Please pray for Cere, Sarah’s dad and all of their loved ones. Thank you.
We’ve been having storms all morning, and my children have been terrified. At one point, Charitina looked into the backyard and said she saw “two yellow angel eyes.” I didn’t know what she had seen, but I told her that it must be angel protecting us during the storm. It seemed to calm her a [...]
Today we celebrate the Ascension of Christ, forty days after Pascha (Easter). Our children love singing this song to celebrate: Going up, up, up into heaven Going up, up, up into heaven Gonna ride that cloud on up to heaven From the Mount of Olives He’s going up to heaven. from Gigi Shadid’s CD “Celebrate [...]
My husband is away this week, which means that I was on my own for a little while yesterday and this morning attempting to “bedrest” with three young children. That is basically impossible. Thankfully, Sarah came by in the evening and helped out. I went to bed feeling calm and ready for a good night’s [...]
Please pray for my dear friend, Mat. Anna, and her family as the mourn the loss of their unborn child.
Charlotte Mason said, “[Children] should have the best of their mother, her freshest, brightest hours” (Vol. 1, p. 18). For me, my “freshest” and “brightest” hours are in the morning. I am able to stay calm and patient with my children far better in the earlier portion of the day than I can in the [...]
