Sometimes I become so busy and self-absorbed that I forget the beauty of the people I care about. I forget the beauty and respect that I have for my husband. I miss the beauty and strength that I see in my sister. I overlook the beauty and the joy I feel for my son. And I see through the beauty and wisdom of my friend. Worst of all, I close my eyes to the beauty and majesty that exists in God. But I am reminded. I am reminded by a song on the radio, the words of a believer and the glory of the sun-touched bay that God is beautiful. He is beautiful and He has created everything in this world ... Read the Post
Belly Laughs
I sat on my couch reading until a loud “bang” caught my attention. I peered over the back of the couch into the entryway. My 2-year-old son, Caleb, was teaching his 3-year-old friend, Gracie, the new trick his older cousins taught him the night before: run full speed into the door with arms in face-blocking position and palms facing out. With a controlled bounce off the door, Caleb would fall backwards on his bottom and then laugh uncontrollably at his blunder. Gracie caught on rather quickly. I sat and watched the two toddlers take turns running into the door, hitting it with a loud bang ... Read the Post
I Matter
As a young girl, I took note of the differences between my siblings and me. We are a very good mixture, and we all look very different. We are a mixture of Caucasian and Mexican. My sister turned out to look like Penélope Cruz. My brother is 6 feet tall and a cutie. I am barely 5 feet tall -- "The girl with the great personality!" My sister, Maria, and I have a great relationship, even though we are complete opposites. As I said before, she was the beauty and I the athlete -- "with a great personality." She had no idea that I wanted to be like her. I wanted people to accept me and say to me ... Read the Post
Faith
It seems that everyday my faith is tested. Each test seems a bit more challenging. About three years ago my brother was living with us in New Orleans. We added him on our car insurance and allowed him to drive our cars that we worked really hard to pay off. It wasn’t long before he totaled one. Good thing it was the car that started having problems, but still it was our paid off car. We were furious with my brother! We worried about our resources and having another car payment. Our insurance gave us $5900 to total it out and within a week we paid cash for a better car. We thanked God, ... Read the Post
Stuck
About six months ago my son moved from his highchair to a booster seat. We would buckle him into the seat and scoot him up to the table to eat. He started wanting to buckle himself into the booster seat, which was difficult because he had trouble clicking the latches together. When he finally learned how to do it, he was ecstatic! Every time we would try to buckle him in, he would throw a fit. He wanted to do it all by himself. He continued to buckle himself in every time he sat at the table, even when it was apparent that he no longer needed the support. My son didn’t care. He liked the ... Read the Post
Land Sold
When my father-in-law wrote his will, his first-born son (my husband) and I lived in Alaska, so his youngest son was named executor of his estate. We were back in Tacoma, Washington, when my father-in-law died in November 1988. Terms of his will required the real estate he owned be sold. Even though the property consisted of several lots with one large house and one smaller house, my brother-in-law used a residential realtor rather than a commercial one. No one asked either my husband or me to double check the property lines when the larger house was sold. The house was sold for $34,000 ... Read the Post
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