My parents raised a girl that had a “can do” attitude. I am so thankful for that upbringing. They raised me to work hard and figure things out. They have demonstrated the value of hard work their entire lives. I am trying to pass this on to my children, but I must say that at […]
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January 15th – Do you know what you were doing last year on January 15th? I do; Today is our foster anniversary. Last year, January 14th started just like any other day in the chaos known as the Griffin Home. Kids were everywhere doing their school work and avoiding chores, and I was running […]
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Tonight, my husband and I were on the way home from a date night, and I found myself walking though a parking lot with huge beautiful snowflakes falling all around me. I opened my mouth and tried to catch the fluffy flakes on my tongue. My husband kind of gave me a look…. You know the one that says […]
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Money is always an issue. My husband is a church planter, and that means we are never exactly rolling in the dough. God repeatedly fulfills His promise to meet our needs. There is no way a family of our size should be able to live on what regularly comes in, BUT GOD! Over and over again, […]
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I have never really been one to make resolutions. I think I just never really wanted to say I was going to do something, or not do something, knowing full well that I had no intention of following through with it. In the last couple of years, I have heard of this “new” concept of […]
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We just returned from church. My heart is full. I can remember many days that I did not feel like that after church. In the past, church has left me drained and weary and even listless. I know that so many times that had to do with the condition of MY heart, and not the condition […]
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