Apr 222012
Apr 212012
Writing can be a lonely calling. The hammering out of words on keys. The editing, the honing, the writing again. It’s laborious and lonely. So there’s nothing like doing it together with a team of those who are also called to write.
Cheering each other on when we get published, when we’re featured as a guest poster. Reassuring each other after a critical comment or when someone completely misunderstood the words we labored over so long.
Spurring each other on as we better our skills. Promoting each other rather than just ourselves. Helping each other attain greater heights.
Together, because of Him. Writing, for His glory.
Here’s to my teams—the YLCF Team and the Ladder Bloggers mastermind group. I’m so thankful I get to do this with you; thanks for sharing your passion and your prayers. And thanks to the better half of my primary team: thanks to my husband for still reading my words after all these years, and for loving me regardless of the comments and the stats.
Five-Minute Friday: Together
Apr 162012
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Apr 042012
The weekend was such a gift. Eight whole hours, sitting next to my husband, holding his hand.
The marriage event we went to was very good. (We are recommending it highly to our friends.) But the time spent together was very, very good.
It had been too long since we’d sat for very long without little ones crawling all over us.
Not that they aren’t a gift, a very evidence of our love. But sometimes, it helps to get away, to just be us again.
To remember that we can have fun just enjoying each other’s company, without the entertainment of the kids’ antics or the distractions of a long to-do list.
To relish the gift of each other.
(Many thanks to my cousin Jennifer for the gift of babysitting our three children so we could go!)
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Mar 272012
Spring taunted us on Sunday. The sun shone. The birds sang. We walked around outside without coats. We planned flowerbeds. We had dinner on the red picnic table.
It poured rain on Monday. But at least we knew that spring was on the way.
And the piles of rocks the guys hauled are still sitting there. Half of them carefully stacked around the future site of my flowerbed. Now to figure out what to plant and transplant where. And how to keep the deer from eating it all.
I have cousins here visiting and more company’s coming soon for a certain wedding that will be here before we know it.
Spring is on the way. Love is in the air. It’s a busy time here on the farm. But we’re enjoying every minute of it. Especially when the sunshine peeks out from behind the clouds.
I think we’ll barbecue hamburgers tomorrow night and pretend it’s summer.
Mar 262012
