Lucas came to the door first. He stood on tiptoes, peeking through the venetian blinds before unlocking the door and swinging it open. He was shy, but excited. “My brudder is here,” he announced before scampering across the hardwood floors and hiding behind Daddy. Little Brother slept in Daddy’s arms while Big Brother cuddled with…
What’s better than an almost-360-degree mountain view? How about a lake at the base of the beautifulest mountain of them all? And add to it my best shoe purchase ever and its waterproof delight? (And it has a great style name, too. Sharing a name with a shoe is pretty much the bomb.) It’s been…
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Eight years ago, life looked a little different. They were facing the daily excitement of life in a big city in Africa (traffic? check. smog? check.), they were hosting 30+ teenagers from around the world every weekend for Youth Group, they were bouncing around the Rift Valley in a Land Rover and facing the goat-induced…
So far, my favorite part of living in the Pacific Northwest is the 300 degree view of snow-capped mountains (the other sixty degrees is filled with beach and ocean…not half bad, yes?). I drive up the road and see mountains. I come out of the grocery store and see mountains. I hang out at the…
“Oh, I know we might not get any shots of all the kids smiling at the camera,” she said while she sewed buttons on a coat, wiped breakfast’s oatmeal off a face, vetoed one outfit, approved a different shirt, refereed an almost-argument, whipped a brush through some curls, and shooed the cat off the table. …
The snow was a day or two old. A few people had walked across the lawn in the days since it was fresh. The sun had threatened to melt it, but only created a sparkling crust as the cold set in deeper. He took a step. She took a step. He took a step. She…
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