December 2009
8 posts
a stable life?
it is 20˚ outside and the frozen rain is slowly turning to snow. we are supposed to have 7-10 inches of the fluff by morning… we’re excited. the kids are all playing or watching Star Wars: Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back (my favorite of the saga). we have a fire in the fireplace, all is good. I have a friend who found out this week that she has breast cancer. another friend was...
cuddle...
Gracie, my daughter, and I cuddled on our big recliner yesterday and talked about Christmas and watched football… It was great! A little slice of heaven. I mean really, who doesn’t like a little cuddle? A warm blanket, sweet discussion, a tickle… Sweet.
Some time ago a student asked ne to pray for his parents’ marriage. It was obvious that his Dad & Mom were becoming...
gifted
it is 23℉ (which is the high for today in Carthage). I am sitting a few feet from our fireplace - warm, the Huelat clan just devoured a gourmet dinner of tater-tot casserole & green beans & apple sauce (commonly referred to as the “Lunch Lady Special”). Full. Comforted. Fortunate. Blessed. GIFTED!
Have you ever counted the everyday as sublime… the ordinary as...
greatness seasoned...
Christmas comes and goes every year and we engage in a bunch of stuff, busyness takes over, parties, shopping, cooking, eating, cards, family, crisis, loneliness, joy, peace, happiness… what a great holiday season! I mean it. What other time in our lives comes every year when we run such avast range of emotions and experiences? When else and where else do we live life so truly raw? We...