the companion journal

Everyday I look at our children… the ones who have the chicken pox and the two who haven’t yet contracted them.  It’s gotten to the point that Andrew walks in and I smile at him and he sort of instinctively reads the smile as: okay, lift your chin, show me…

Another “New Year” is upon us… fresh and clean, unblemished and new.  There’s something marvelous and hopeful about a new beginning — a fresh start.  And so, with this blog entry, I pray for, and wish for you as well,  a year of great hope, joy, peace, faithfulness and steadfast…