by Emily Wierenga | Mar 26, 2012 | anne lamott, candles, children, disciples, Jesus, vietnam war
anne lamott writes of a man who once stood outside the white house, holding a candle every night, for weeks on end, during the vietnam war.a reporter finally asked him, “do you really think you’ll change the world by holding a candle?” to which this... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 21, 2012 | (in)courage, conference, encouragement, friendship, God, hope, love, marriage, real, webcast, women
grandma jo comes on wednesdays. angela on tuesdays, miss carla on thursdays, to help me dress the boys and to read to them. they go swimming with auntie karen, feed chickens with judith, make forts with juanita, color with jen, and play trains with amber. other women... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 17, 2012 | bravery, children, courage, faith, fathers, fear, God, hope, love, mothers
my palms are rough and i don’t feel very brave, sobbing into them.trent has hurt my feelings because we’re both tired, and there are four pairs of eyes watching and it’s too much sometimes. so i go to my room and sit on our feather tick and cry. ask... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 14, 2012 | food, forever, husband, love, marriage, wife
he loves me with glasses of strawberry wine and cheese sticks arranged pretty on a plate. he loves me by waking early and frying pancakes for the kids, with bacon and strawberries, and making eggs for me, with peppers and onions, even though the onions make him cry.... by Emily Wierenga | Mar 12, 2012 | family, father, fostering, grace, Jesus, love, mother
it’s more than singing these days. “Jesus” is something Joey says all of the time, now, like water, or bread, or Lego, like he’s learning a new word and he doesn’t want to forget it. but then there is everything else.like the fact that he...