Tylergarten

Kenny, a year older than Tyler, had just told us about his first day of kindergarten when Tyler looked up at me and asked… (I’m guessing since you read the title, you already know where this is going!) “Mommy, next year will I go to tylergarten?” We smile. Kids –...

Bubble-wrap

Bubble-wrap is my favorite bubble. (Bubble bath. Bubblegum. Bubble soda.) As a child, my daughter competed in acrobatics through CAT (California Acrosport Team).   Within the larger CAT team, were multiple teams of two to three athletes. Although a few teams had only...

Names

“Mommy!” I waken from a deep sleep and stumble to my son’s side. Names hold power. “Susan.” Hurrying down the street, I hear my name, stop and turn. Names hold power. Names teach us how to call out to the Holy One. The Bible has over 200 names for God. They provide a...

Names

“Mommy!” I waken from a deep sleep and stumble to my son’s side. Names hold power. “Susan.” Hurrying down the street, I hear my name, stop and turn. Names hold power. Names teach us how to call out to the Holy One. The Bible has over 200 names for God. They provide a...

Whom do you Mother?

Who is a mother? The woman who endures the pangs of childbirth? The woman who opens her heart and home to a child not of her body? What of the women who yearn to nurture a child but are unable to do so? The Bible records no children of Deborah, the fourth and only...

Still His Mom

Matthew 12:46 makes me grin. Jesus was a grown man and Mary still wanted to mother him. Mary probably had heard reports of her son’s actions and words. The scripture doesn’t tell us their private conversation but I think it might have gone something like this. “Son,...