We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see.
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We say grace in this house
Whether you and I are in good practice or not of praying in the morning, evening, or throughout the day, thanking God for our meals is a simple and easy way to praise Him.
My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes)
~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […]
“Are you sitting down?”
How we share information matters. That’s why people put so much care into marriage proposals and pregnancy announcements.
Half-birthdays for finches, corned beef, and that time I won an award (7 Quick Takes)
Our two baby finches celebrated their half-birthdays this week.
Missing out again
I met the anniversary of the last day of in-person school with eyes wide open—bracing myself for that weight. But I’m realizing that missing out on experiences for the second time might be harder.
Pie for Pi Day, gołąbki, drive-through confession, and Harry & Meghan (7 Quick Takes)
Pi Day is March 14, and the only question is how much pie—and which flavors—are we going to bake and eat this weekend.
Oh, no! My favorite restaurant is closing.
I couldn’t believe it when we heard the news. Dimitri’s International Grille in Catonsville, Md., is closing.
Treats for a Sunday, toy trains, and other pandemic fun (7 Quick Takes)
~1~ Did we give up desserts for Lent? Maybe? Probably? But Sundays are Sundays. So, this past Sunday I was thinking of making homemade apple pie. Then I thought of Rice Krispie treats—so much easier and faster to make. They were even more popular than the pie would have been, and they took hardly any […]
Washing dishes for Lent
We are blessed to have dirty dishes to wash.
A Lent full of promise, steak success, cooking with children, and more (7 Quick Takes)
This Lent holds a different kind of hope and promise.
Pandemic Stories (or why there’s a Nerf gun in the tub)
Our daily lives are different in so many ways, transformed suddenly almost a year ago and then evolving bit by bit every day.