by Gwen | Mar 31, 2018 | Adelaide, Basics, Challenges, Easter, Faith, Family, Grace, Harper, Heathcliff, Holidays, Hunter, Jesus, Kids, Love, Peace, Relationships, Stella, Theology, Truth
I’ve been looking for the essence of Easter. Cleaning out the closet, if you will, and ditching all of the stuff that may be nice, interesting, or appealing to someone else, but for me not really useful. I don’t want to argue about theology. I don’t even want to try to understand everything. I just want Easter in a nutshell, Easter distilled, Easter in its simplest form.
by Gwen | Dec 26, 2017 | Christmas, Grinch, Harper, Holidays, Hunter, Hunting, Jesus, Kids, Love, Noise, Peace, Stillness, Uncategorized
My nephew Hunter loves to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas, except he calls the Grinch the “Grunch.” Hunter does not like the new Jim Carrey Grunch. Only the old-school cartoon Grunch will do (and I totally agree). So the other night he was over at...
by Gwen | Nov 12, 2017 | Community, Family, Heathcliff, Hunter, Jim Ford, Kids, Love
We say it takes a village to raise a child, and I believe that’s true. But equally true is that we adults also need raising sometimes. We all need a village.
by Gwen | Dec 14, 2015 | Challenges, Family, Humor, Hunter, Jim Ford, Kids
So, this is sort of a guest post. My brother, Jim Ford, put this on Facebook the other day and I loved it so much I asked him if I could use it on my blog. I was planning to elaborate and embellish, one (two?) of my specialties. The thing is, every time I start to do that, it’s not as good as when I just leave it alone. So, here it is, in all of its sparse, wise, glory:
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