Words From the Woods I have exciting news! I have wanted to produce a monthly newsletter for a long time, and that day is finally here! I hope you'll decide to sign up so that we can get to know each other better. Each month I will send out an update from home, giving you … Continue reading Introducing: A View of the Lake Newsletter
Month: April 2022
If Ben Had Been There
My son Ben has cognitive disabilities and very little language. But sometimes he intuitively understands what our “normal” intelligence blinds us to. Our Easter celebration last weekend got me thinking: If Ben had been at the tomb that first Easter morning, things might have gone down a little differently…. Early on the first day of … Continue reading If Ben Had Been There
I Remember
Music plays softly as I hold the little cup quietly in my lap. I cradle the cracker in my hands, praying. Then I taste, and I remember. I remember how He came for me when I wasn’t looking. How He opened my eyes to beauty and my heart to hope. I remember the first time … Continue reading I Remember
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