Thanksgiving 2014

Tracy / November 30, 2014

I am watching sunrise on an absolutely beautiful Thanksgiving Day. When I was a little girl, my entire family would gather at my great-grandmother’s house each year. I would see cousins, aunts and uncles I had not seen in a year. My great-grandmother would cook for weeks to prepare for everyone to gather at her home. Her house was cozy…

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This Boy…

Tracy / November 29, 2014

He melts my heart! Seeing little faces smiling at you and looking super-cute never gets old!

Today I’m Thankful For (1000 Gifts)

Tracy / November 28, 2014

186. I’m thankful for understanding hearts as I apologized to someone I knew I had hurt. I hope the Lord moves me on- grows me-I want to always be pruned of the ugly truth of my heart. 187. I’m thankful for my husband. These days and this season have been long on him and yet he continues to press forward.…

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Boys…

Tracy / November 27, 2014

And this folks, is what we call homeschool science!

Restore Me, Lord.

Tracy / November 27, 2014

Tonight, I sat to talk with my lovely young daughter who seems to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders. I do remember the days of teenage dreams, and moments of growth and change. They were times when the world seemed all wrong. I’ve recently had the same thing going on in my life.  I think moments of…

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It’s Been Said…

Tracy / November 24, 2014

“Write it down, when I have perished: Here is everything I’ve cherished; That these walls should glow with beauty Spurred my lagging soul to duty; That there should be gladness here Kept me toiling, year by year… Every thought and every act Were to deep this home intact.”                      —–Edgar A. Guest

It’s Been Said…

Tracy / November 17, 2014

“There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle.”                                                         —–Albert Einstein

It’s Been Said…

Tracy / November 10, 2014

“More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.”                                                  —–Lord Alfred Tennyson