Category Archives: Mosaic Moments

The Guilt in Forgetting

St. Patrick

When I saw the green card peeking through the mail in my husband’s hands, I wondered. Then when he said it was a card from my Aunt, I knew. It wasn’t until I opened it that the guilt actually set in. It was a St. Patrick’s Day card. But why feel guilty about a sweetContinue Reading

Getting Back to It

Wow!  I did NOT realize just how long it has been since I’ve written here. I’ve missed it. Writing. Sharing my thoughts…. my heart. My past few months have been taken up with a rough pregnancy, delivery and recovery of a sweet little boy. It has also been a “living by the moment” kind ofContinue Reading

In Which Life Takes Over

I was supposed to be blogging every day this month. At least, that was the goal. But, life has take over in an overwhelming way over these last few weeks and writing has been low on the priority scale. And since I promised myself a long time ago that this place would be a noContinue Reading

A Weekend of Celebration

This past weekend was the weekend for celebrations. The children surprised me with a Mother’s Day cake, hand-made and hand-crafted with love and beautiful colors! We celebrated my husband’s birthday in Houston with family and a cake made by my incredible step-mom. And the best celebration of all… we celebrated this guy… My 11 yearContinue Reading

When Community is Hard

Community a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage Right now, I feel in between communities. I think this might be a “side-effect” of being where we are right now in preparing for the mission field. We are travelingContinue Reading

The Valleys and Mountaintops

There is a quote by Francis Chan that says: It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace. Since we have begunContinue Reading