Category Archives: Responsibilities

The Lion Tamer

  I’m a mother of four, a wife of one, a homeschool teacher and an author. Some days, I feel like I run a three ring circus. I am a wife to my husband, a mother to my children, the worrier over colds and broken arms. I do a balancingRead the Rest…

Check Your Punctuation

“Would you take out the trash?” “No.” “Why not?” “I’m busy right now.” “Well, you need to get unbusy and take out the trash…now. I’m not going to ask you again.” This parental statement cracks me up. Maybe you shouldn’t ask in the first place. Think about it. When we askRead the Rest…

64 Hours

We were sitting at a table when the subject came up. She was working on her third grade math sheet and I was tutoring her. (Yes, that in and of itself is an act of God; my tutoring math, but really,  it’s third grade) The questions were simple conversions.  YouRead the Rest…

With Privilege Comes Responsibility

“Ms. Hatcher, we’d like to present you with these cross necklaces as a token of our appreciation.” I stared at the two necklaces in my hand delicately wrapped in a sheet of copy paper, then looked up at the prisoner who handed them to me and grinned. Each bead wasRead the Rest…

The Beautiful Lack

Don’t forget to head over to our MINISTRY COUNTER to check out a way that we can ALL help fight hunger! I finally purged my closet. It felt so good. I can’t believe the piles of clothes, shoes and accessories that came out of that small space. At the endRead the Rest…