by marybeth | Dec 31, 2018 | Marriage, Reflections
He saw me before I saw him, but once I heard his voice my eyes lit up, my smile grew wide and my heart lifted. I ran across the airport into his arms and we embraced as if this were a young love. His arms are my shelter. His scent is balm to my soul. His heart, so...
by marybeth | May 17, 2016 | Reflections
My 8-year-old daughter made peanut butter cookies yesterday morning. I ran to the grocery store on an early morning errand and came back to the smell of burnt cookies, wafting through the rooms of our home. Mmmm…. At least it kept me from eating them for breakfast....
by marybeth | Apr 23, 2016 | Reflections
Ever see a broken piece of clay? Remember old pottery classes at school where you left your project out too long? Or you rolled and rolled that clay and placed, carefully, layer upon layer to make that beautiful bowl only to have it fall apart? I am that dry, crusty...
by marybeth | Mar 28, 2016 | Reflections
I need to send a box of chocolates to my kids’ Guardian Angels. Seriously. As a mother of a large family, I can humbly say that I cannot possibly watch over everyone. When someone asks, “How do you do it?” I laugh and honestly say, “I...
by marybeth | Mar 18, 2016 | Family, Reflections
Settle in, friends. Here’s a long one… It’s a late night. Worry has taken the night away. The possibility of the few precious drops of sleep that I so crave will soon drift away with the sunrise, and I cry out to my God for strength and help. Wrapped...
by marybeth | Mar 7, 2016 | Reflections
I have been thinking a great deal about mercy these days. There is someone in my life who I am struggling to love authentically. In my mind, I have spoken words of mercy and from my lips it all sounds really great. But then the encounter comes and I am left in the...
