Motherhood’s early years: Why It’s Hard Posted on February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 By pamela The other day I was browsing the aisles of a local thrift shop — not that I need another thing, but since many of our things are in a storage unit, on more than one occasion recently, I’ve needed to pick up an item or two. This time, of all… Read more
ReBlogging Posted on February 18, 2021 By pamela Lots of women do this. Every day they do this. For years I wrote every day. But then a reality check came. And the reality was this: I was so consumed with doing all I was doing that I forgot/neglected what I was supposed to be doing. I think lots… Read more
The Next Right Thing Posted on February 17, 2021February 24, 2021 By pamela Over the years I’ve used a phrase numerous times in all sorts of seasons, mental spaces, homemaking, motherhood, even on this blog — the phrase: do the next right thing. This concept wasn’t learned overnight and it wasn’t learned easily. It wasn’t something that came naturally to me — as disciplines of… Read more
Thanks Giving Is Here Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 By pamela [cp_dropcaps]T[/cp_dropcaps]hanksgiving is here, I heard someone exclaim. And one might immediately wonder how it came so quickly again this year. I mull this over (and, yes, I do marvel that another Thanksgiving is already upon us), I think: Is Thanks-giving here? I mean… here, here. Here in my heart, here… Read more
You can’t afford to not pay attention. Posted on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 By pamela I know. The last entry I wrote was 7 months ago. Hounded by voices that tell me I’ve lost mine, by regrets that prevent me moving forward, and various time/emotional demands that drain creativity, I come to my blog and draw a blank — or am shot with one. But…… Read more
Autumn Days Posted on September 17, 2018 By pamela The lazy, hazy days of summer are giving way to the busy, hurry, scurry days of autumn as the new “school year” begins and demanding schedules and activities fill the calendar. You know the first thing that comes to mind as I consider these upcoming autumn days? Where’d summer go?… Read more
Beginning. Again. Posted on October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 By pamela But I want to do this… I want to write this blog — I want to finish what I’ve started. Time’s slipping by and I want to finish well. Read more
bold confidence, sheer determination, blind faith Posted on January 28, 2017January 28, 2017 By pamela In my earlier years, I seem to have had no lack of bold confidence or sheer determination (and what was becoming blind faith). As I look back now on those earlier days — so many amazing (and so many cringe-worthy 😲) days! I marvel at the goodness and mercy of… Read more
the subtle shift Posted on April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 By pamela January 6, 2006 It’s so subtle and is happening so slowly and smoothly that it’s hardly noticeable to some people—the faint shift from day to day to the acceptance of immorality. Think for a moment about the church growth “movement” of the last decade or two. Consider the shift from… Read more
The Current Truth Posted on March 1, 2015April 13, 2015 By pamela I began working on my new This Beautiful Life journal/planner/notebook, and once again I’m stymied by my answers. I see the designated spaces for specific answers and am reticent to write mine down. My tendency is to be very tentative about what goals I write (thinking if I write it,… Read more