Good morning... Yesterday, our youngest child had his last Middle School Field Day. This is one thing I have learned from raising our four kids: savoring "lasts" along the way is an essential key to enjoying life. Following spring football practice the night before, I picked up a carload of eighth grade boys. After dropping a few kids home [...]
Good morning... Last week, I went to a women's luncheon at a nearby church. A friend of mine was the main speaker, and I was excited to support her and to hear her talk. As we filed into the exquisitely decorated space, a group of us found our table. I began to sit down at a seat, until I [...]
Seeing a God we do not understand. 5/9/2016 Good morning... "When Kathleen Errico jolted awake at 3:45 a.m. on April 2, she knew something was terribly wrong. The light in her daughter's room was on, and the television was blaring. 'The TV would be a little bit louder when she was using,' Errico told WCVB in Boston. Errico found [...]
Good morning... God held up a universal mirror through the words of Henri Nouwen yesterday. On 5.6.16, Nouwen's morning meditation touched our truth: "As fearful people we are inclined to develop a mind-set that makes us say: 'There's not enough food for everyone, so I better be sure I save enough for myself in case of emergency,' or 'There's [...]
Good morning... Yesterday, three of us were talking about different types of wake up calls. One preschool mom said, "When my son wakes up each morning, he calls in a sing-songy voice, 'Hellooo... It's meee...'" The other mom of adult children said, "Whenever my daughter woke up as a little girl, she would loudly yell 'Juice!' 'Juice!' 'Juice!' or [...]
Good morning... We have many newcomers to our "sue2you" community, and it dawns on me that some of you do not know how these messages come about and why they are posted at random hours of the day and night. 12:29 am and 1:01 am. 2:29 am, 2:59 am, and 5:21 am. 7:05 am, 7:21 am, and 8:11 am. [...]
Good morning... One late afternoon, I came home from work to find a question emailed to me by a friend. She wrote, "This is the practice I find most difficult: trying to be a good 'christian' with people who drain you. I'm not talking about people who are sick or going through something difficult. It's people who thrive on [...]
Good morning... Each year for the past four years I have hosted a Bible study on Wednesday afternoons for the "moms of high school seniors" from my kids' school. Next week, I meet with a group of three moms who want to begin the special tradition at a neighboring school, and I have been asked to mentor another woman [...]
I hate it when my flaws hang out. Following in Jesus’ footsteps, I secretly wish I could be the second perfect person to walk this earth. But my flaws are unavoidable and, with even my best intentions, stuff regularly falls through my cracks. When I begin to feel down on myself, I remember the story of the cracked pot. [...]
