For most of my life, I have been a pretty closed off person. Of course, I appeared to be friendly and open. If you invited me to your Pampered Chef party, I came (and I bought something). I took my kids to playgroups and cub scouts and fraternized with the other moms. I took my…
Category Archives: friendship
I am…
I am….. a child of the Most High King. I want….. to wake up with no pain, just one morning. I have….. to laugh at the antics of my teenagers so I don’t scream. I wish….. we had a maid. I hate….. injustice. I miss….. my kids being little. I fear….. losing my husband. I…
The way He works
I fret. I worry. I try to fix in my own strength. I scheme. I plan. I frustrate myself and get frustrated with God. “Why aren’t You moving faster on this?”, I arrogantly ask. Then, He shows up, in ways bigger than I had imagined or prayed for. Less than a month ago I met…
Just along for the ride…
The Lord foils the plans of the peoples: He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations. Psalm 33: 10-11 I am pretty sure that God sits in heaven, watches me make my plans and laughs. Not just a chuckle,…
What is a friend?
We have been talking friends a lot in the Smallwood house. Peer pressure is a force my boys are not immune to in the least. And, friends are important. We were created for relationship…with God and with others. However, at this stage in life kids begin to rely on their friend’s opinions more than their…
Holy Week- Maundy Thursday
Image by WELS.net via Flickr This was such a special night. A night when Jesus provided his disciples (present and future) with beautiful promises for those that choose to serve Him. The Lord gave them a new command that night (and it still holds true for us today). A new command I give you. Love…
What is this blog for anyway?
Image by frances1972 via Flickr I arrived home from Blissdom with a heavy heart. Mind you, I had a fabulous time (with a capital F) and learned a lot. I also realized that I had strayed from my passions- the passions that led me to start this blog in the first place almost two years…
Made for relationship
Today I listened to my friend Amy talk about friendship on her radio show. Coming home from a weekend like this leads one to think about friendship, about connection, about how our Creator intended for us to be in relationship with others. Relationships that allow us to take off our grown up hats and put…
Sheer Bliss
Having your expectations exceeded is such an exciting thing. And that is exactly what happened for me this weekend while attending a blogging conference called Blissdom. My husband, the concrete, analytical thinker that he is wanted to know what I learned in the sessions. I learned a lot in the sessions…I learned how to be…
Friendships and Relationships
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You, too? Thought I was the only one”. C.S Lewis I find myself very excited about a conference I am attending next week in Nashville, TN (but no, I am not thrilled to be going back to the scene of the eight…
