How Could I Ask For More?

Recently a young man was going to stop by to drop off some paperwork for me at the church where our homeschool group meets. He called me and said, “I’m here at the church, but I don’t see you here.” I described which doorway I was waiting in and looked...

Over this past month, we’ve been working on thinning out our possessions. I was feeling the need for some breathing room in our small house. After seventeen years here, we needed to either move to a bigger house, or we needed to get rid of a bunch of...

It was Saturday and I had a precious morning free. I eagerly gathered my cup of coffee, a cozy blanket, and a book and cuddled into the corner of the couch with a happy sigh.
I was envisioning a quiet, calm, undistracted time to finish reading my book about *ahem* the value of the ordinary and routine....

C.S. Lewis said, “A children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story.”
I’ve often thought that if our house caught on fire, one of the few things I’d want to try to rescue is my notebook of collections of quotes from books that I’ve read. As I weave my way through the endless world of story, many treasured phrases that...