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Matchy-Matchy
My oldest girl is trying on more outfits than I care to see folding laundry in my bedroom before she runs to work. She is getting her...
Deena
Jun 25, 20205 min read
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Of Marriage and Back Scratches
Here I am in the car on our way to two days of Anniversary bliss and the Holy Spirit outlines a blog post. I am NOT a professional writer...
Deena
Jun 18, 20205 min read
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From my broken to yours
Hello my still at home, homies. We've made it through the bread baking stage, the Marie Kondo stage, the have gym in the backyard stage,...
Deena
May 19, 20206 min read
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Deena's Corona MASTERclass
Hello friends. I hope you have cupboards filled with pasta sauce and toilet paper and can warm up your coffee and sit with me a minute or...
Deena
Apr 1, 20205 min read
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The spiritual scenic route
What a week, eh? From no T.P. to no P.T to who knows what's coming around the corner. We set the church up for voting only to take it...
Deena
Mar 21, 20205 min read
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A Bristle in Time
(This one's about my kids as well, so if it doesn't suit your fancy today, you three dear readers- please scroll to the next blog. I will...
Deena
Mar 7, 20204 min read
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Is that your final answer?
My oldest girl who makes me smile with her homeless hair, cheesy grin and hand full of made-up words has one foot out of the nest folks....
Deena
Mar 2, 20204 min read
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A Letter to my kids
We began Valentine's Eve at the Orchestra and I end up sick in bed on Valentine's Day. My favorite holiday. That's actually a great...
Deena
Feb 18, 20206 min read
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A Tale of Two Mailboxes
It's Friday and snow is falling light and sweet and covering everything again. I finally let my inner Valentine's excitement come out and...
Deena
Feb 7, 20204 min read
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This one's for the home team
One has just discovered the Rubix Cube and it's many faceted mathematical equations, One printed out the Morse Tap Code for his school...
Deena
Jan 30, 20204 min read
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Marriage, Ministry and Mickey-D's
We're still sweeping up confetti from my husband's birthday on Sunday. We are amazed at how quickly the years fly by and how many...
Deena
Jan 21, 20204 min read
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20 for 20
Hello dear friends. It's the Eve of a New Year and our home is still buzzing from the Ghost of Christmas Past. I am reminded that a...
Deena
Dec 31, 20194 min read
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My Little Women
My anniversary takes for ever and a day to arrive each year and we won't even begin to talk about how long I wait for my birthday to make...
Deena
Dec 12, 20195 min read
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Faithfully moving right along.
These are the days of movings. Of moving everything out of the kitchen and dinning room to prepare for 37 people we love. Of moving...
Deena
Nov 30, 20195 min read
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Love is a many spendored green
Hi folks. November is flying by. The kids have all passed their October poem, "When the Frost is on the Punkin," by James Whitcomb Riley...
Deena
Nov 17, 20195 min read
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Death looks good on you.
These are the days when I fight three teenagers for the shower EVERY morning. I'm half frustrated because I want hot water and half...
Deena
Oct 24, 20195 min read
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One-stop Shop
Hello friends. It's time for that two week shopping trip around here. Time to enjoy those things that eeked out of your budget when the...
Deena
Oct 10, 20195 min read
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Put your honey where your mouth is.
It's October and the laptop is sticky from meal preps and possibly too many snacks. With Walmart decked out in all things Halloween I...
Deena
Oct 1, 20195 min read
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I know I've seen you before...
When you have six kids riding with your husband to the fill-up station qualifies as a date of sorts. Sometimes these snippets of time...
Deena
Sep 27, 20197 min read
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Fan-fare
I ran cross country for one grueling season. I ONLY ran cross country because my Dad had and I so wanted to make him proud of me. I lost...
Deena
Sep 19, 20195 min read
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