By Hannah|2015-02-26T11:32:19+00:00February 26th, 2015|Uncategorized|8 Comments
A friend reminded me of C.S. Lewis this week. She mentioned Mere Christianity, which I have, to my shame, never read in it's entirety. To salvage my reputation amongst you smartypants intellectual types, I do have a favorite Lewis quote. He writes, “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.” The source of my Lewis quote, in case you were wondering. (And annother [...]
By Hannah|2015-02-19T10:25:45+00:00February 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|17 Comments
I met the lovely and gracious Janet Surette at a writer's conference last May in Asheville, N.C. Janet is on the right. Our sweet and equally lovely friend, Heather, is in the middle. And I am on the left. With the big hair. She was a tall, willowy Canadian that ate gluten-free and exhaled wisdom. I followed her around like a puppy, and she let me. If anything, Janet [...]
By Hannah|2015-02-11T12:24:17+00:00February 11th, 2015|Uncategorized|12 Comments
Just in case you didn’t feel exceedingly sorry for me after last week, allow me to give you another chance. Josh was gone again this weekend. Not out of town gone, just busy with meetings that consumed all of Saturday and most of Sunday gone. Fortunately for us, the weather was gorgeous both days. (Serves him right. Bwahahaha!) I spent most of it on a picnic blanket in the backyard [...]
By Hannah|2015-02-04T14:15:54+00:00February 4th, 2015|Uncategorized|45 Comments
This weekend was about 3,000 hours long. I’m no smarty-pants, but I’m pretty sure weekends supposed to go by faster than that. In further efforts to ruin my day, Josh kept excellent tabs on just how many overturned and abandoned vehicles they saw while on their trek home. He was sure to post them on social media sites frequently, just to keep us nervous wives informed, I suppose. The [...]
By Hannah|2015-01-28T13:04:34+00:00January 28th, 2015|Uncategorized|7 Comments
Something has been bothering me since Sunday. We sang a song in worship that morning that I still can’t quite reconcile. I tried to sing it like I meant it, but the words stuck and soured. It said: I believe You're my Healer I believe You are all I need I believe You're my Portion I believe You're more than enough for me Jesus You're all I need And that’s [...]
By Hannah|2015-01-21T12:31:13+00:00January 21st, 2015|Uncategorized|6 Comments
The weather was perfect Monday. We were outside. I was enjoying a delicious four-course meal that Hattie and Christian had prepared from the finest ingredients available in our yard. Starters were a leaf and spinach salad served out of a filthy sand bucket, followed shortly by an upside down Frisbee full of French Toast and two desserts: a cupcake with a cherry on top and Cake Pie. I don’t know [...]
By Hannah|2015-01-14T08:33:04+00:00January 14th, 2015|Uncategorized|11 Comments
Our sweet (and difficult and hilarious and fearsome) Christian has developed a few special loves in his short life. They are the following, ranked in order of importance: 1.) Grandpas (his in particular, but any older, graying fellow will suffice.) 2.) Hammers, screwdrivers and any other sharp or heavy life-threatening man-tools. 3.) Batteries. Personally, I can understand the love of grandpas and tools. He is a boy, after all. But [...]
By Hannah|2015-01-07T09:35:17+00:00January 7th, 2015|Uncategorized|9 Comments
Our furnace is going out. Hattie drew this picture of Josh a few days ago. I think it's quite accurate and explains why the furnace issue isn't as big a deal to him. You'd be warm too...if hair circled your entire head. The last few days I’ve been instructed by Josh (who sits in a warm office 8 hours a day) to “keep it turned off until you [...]
By Hannah|2014-12-31T14:16:24+00:00December 31st, 2014|Uncategorized|2 Comments
Dear “My Christmas Expectations,” You ruin things. Sincerely, Me P.S. I don’t care for you. P.P.S. Seriously. I don’t. ~ Christmas at my parents' home. Before. (Scenes like this are made possible by people who have many, many children.) I stood in front of the dolls at Target for a good half an hour and then spent another few hours looking online. I even made [...]
By Hannah|2014-12-23T09:42:11+00:00December 23rd, 2014|Uncategorized|2 Comments
I'm running a re-post from last year this week. It's still one of my favorites and a much-needed reminder (for me) for this time of year. Thank you for reading, and I pray that this Christmas season and beyond, Jesus Christ will be your Light, your Salvation and your Joy. Blessings, Hannah ********** So our family devotion times have been pretty hit and miss. Not in consistency. We’ve been consistent. [...]
