Finding Joy on the Journey in Faith, Family, and all Things in Between.
The first step of any introduction is always the hardest. Ok, well maybe that's not always true because I have had some stellar awkward moments after the, "Hello, my name is Alia…," but usually it's true. To avoid awkward moments in my middle school years, and ok, I admit it, even more recently than that, I appear distracted. This is the key to not seeming alone in an unfamiliar group or … [Read more...]
I'm idealistic. I am inspired. Unfortunately, I am NOT a good multi-tasker. I can do one thing well. What thing is that, you might ask? It's whatever I am most focused on at the time. I can home school my children and teach them in ways that make their little minds open and swell and burst with information and excitement over things learnt and tried. I can disciple them and bury God's … [Read more...]
Her ring has worn a groove onto her finger. Years of wear have etched themselves into that hand. The same hand that carried me as a baby, put band-aids on my ouchies, cooked and fed me, turned the pages on the books that would birth a lover of the written word, and consistently pointed to God through her faithfulness. The same hand that filled syringes, cleaned up vomit, produced warm … [Read more...]
I'd prefer having a different word, if I could pick any on a whim. I would feel much more comfortable with give or praise or heck, while we're at it blessed. But those don't resonate with me the same way. So I know that although those are things God might be speaking into others hearts for 2012, that's not what he's telling me. Stripped. It keeps coming back. Splayed open, bare, released from … [Read more...]
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