spirituality – coatsquotes

PRIORITIZE

This morning I woke up to a nice little pudge in my belly, which I have unaffectionately begun to refer to as “Christmas 2014”. My people are just too good in the kitchen. My brother is home and so dinners are meat with a side of meat. And everything has its own butter based dippingContinue reading “PRIORITIZE”

GENEROSITY

If you know my children, you know that my oldest child is spirited. Lively. Animated. At times his impulsivity overrides his conscious and he can be intrusive. Parenting him can be difficult. We both like to be in charge, and there are hard days. And subsequently, he has taught me infinite lessons about mothering, aboutContinue reading “GENEROSITY”

HEAVEN

On our trip to Disney World, we rode “It’s a small world”. Twice. We had mapped out a plan entitled ‘jr. pirate adventurer’, a tour for boys ages 4-8. It included 22 steps. We killed it. All 22 steps and had time left over. When we exited Peter Pan’s Flight, our final ride, we noticedContinue reading “HEAVEN”

LURE

The other day Zachary decided to take Prancer (our dog) for a walk. Prancer was so excited at first. Zachary is so energetic and magnetic and happy and eager to spend time with Prancer. Zachary walked him around for about 2 minutes (tops) and then tied him to the playground. Prancer got himself wrapped aroundContinue reading “LURE”

MOUNTAIN

I stood over my washing machine with tears streaming down my face. I did that everyday for three weeks. I saw what mountain lay ahead of us. When Michael told me that he felt a calling on his life for ministry, it was a difficult pill for me to swallow. I was comfortable. I hadContinue reading “MOUNTAIN”

LIGHT

So here’s the thing…you can’t write a blog about Friday without writing a blog about Sunday. But I’ve been just staring at the screen. Having trouble finding the words… Maybe it’s because I write about my feelings so much. I feel a lot about the fact that He died for me…while I was yet a sinner. But the factContinue reading “LIGHT”