My attempt to be an authentic woman in an inauthentic world
Posted in Faith, Life, Motherhood on Aug 31st, 2010
Oh. My. Lord.
My life seems to have made a hard left-hand turn. And let me just say this before I go on…this turn of events is an answer to many, many prayers (spoken and unspoken).
I’m going back to work, people! I haven’t worked outside the home since I was pregnant with Sydney. We’re talking over [...]
Posted in Faith, Life, Motherhood on Aug 27th, 2010
Jackson barely passed the height requirement for the “Scrambler” ride at the city amusement park. I was hopeful that he’d still be too small, but we grow ‘em up tall in the Slater family, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when the girls squealed out that Jackson was tall enough.
In my mind I imagined the [...]
Posted in Faith on Aug 23rd, 2010
“Pain is dysfunction leaving the body…” – How People Grow.
When a master cutter sits down to cut a diamond, he must keep in mind the amount of pressure and the angle of each cut that goes into the process. It is tedious work. It is work that requires great skill and patience. The diamond, as [...]
John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
When I was a little girl growing up in Kenya, my parents would pack up the family twice a year, and we would head off to a week-long missions retreat. During the day, my parents would sit through business meetings and sessions while the [...]
Way back (you know, back in the 90’s) when the original Toy Story movie came out, a friend of mine took her two pre-school age nephews to see it. Weeks following their big movie experience, the youngest was heard singing, “You got a friend in nee!” Julie, my friend, tried to correct him explaining that [...]
Sydney was beside herself. As I was pulling away from the carpool pick-up line I couldn’t help but wonder who this little monster was in the back seat of my car. She had asked me if we could go to Starbucks for a girls’ day, and I had said no. I warned her before I dropped her [...]
Posted in Faith on Aug 5th, 2010
Psalm 139:17&18
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
Yesterday morning I awoke anxious and worried. These feelings left me with a longing to return to my spot in the [...]
Trust and obey.
If I could sum up what God has been whispering to my heart over the past year, it would be these two simple words: trust and obey. When I begin to worry about the future, or my children, or finances, or ministry, or the housing market, he gently reminds me to trust and [...]
As I anticipated my return home from vacation I could feel the creative juices swooshing in my head. Sitting still while the waves of the Atlantic crashed at my feet, new insights poured into my mind like the ocean water filling every sandy nook and cranny of the warm, dry beach where I perched like a hungry seagull. I have [...]
I can’t really claim to be an expert of sorts. I’m not a theologian. I’m not a parenting guru. Until recently, I’ve managed to kill all plant life in my keep – no kidding. (I’m just thrilled that tiny green strawberry buds are peeking out from our little garden this year. This…this…is a miracle.) I’m [...]
I'm a wife and stay-at-home mom to three little ones. I love the beach, ocean, collecting shells, writing, creative interior design, being with my family and following Christ.