Author: Alison Treat
22 May Living Courageously in a Dangerous World
Most of you have probably heard by now about 5-year-old Maria Chapman's tragic death. If not, read about it here. I turned on national Christian radio station KLOVE (88.3 fm here in NEPA) as Camilla and I pulled out of our garage this morning and...
22 May Another Miracle
I found this story so beautiful. Hope it encourages you as well!...
15 May This is definitely one of my pet peeves!
We all have them. In some ways I hesitate to mention this, because I know I'm opening myself up to language experts who may find some flaws in my grammar or spelling. I am not above improving myself. You are now given permission to correct...
06 May Article on Madeleine L’Engle
I just found this article on Madeleine L'Engle, by her close friend Luci Shaw. I wish I could convey how her work--and her life--inspires me. I've been feeling kind of dry, as though I need a break-through with writing. And reading about Madeleine reminds me...
26 Apr Every baby is a miracle–but especially this one!
I meant to write about this in yesterday's post, but forgot after my struggle with video uploading! A while ago, I wrote about my friend Susan, who was 24 weeks pregnant when the doctors discovered that she'd had a small placental abruption at 13 weeks....
25 Apr I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end . . .
We've been enjoying the beautiful weather these past few weeks. I know it can't last. The sweet old neighbor lady said to me the other day that she doesn't like it when everything blooms so early, because we might have a frost that kills the...
04 Apr Rainy Day Thoughts
Here's a picture of us from this past weekend, at a 50th Anniversary Party. We don't often have someone take a picture of all three of us. Camilla has a funny look on her face, but Todd and I look fantastic, don't we?I've just been...
28 Mar Easter
It's come and gone again, but in some moments I'm still celebrating. Today, for instance, as I listened to Casting Crowns singing "East to West". Unfortunately, on Sunday I was at the worst point of a terrible cold, and keeping Camilla quiet in church was...
14 Mar Sick Month!
Oy veh! What a month! Camilla has been sick twice! We still managed to squeeze in some fun, though, so I'll post pictures of that. Right now Camilla is getting over a stomach bug so it's been a rough week. Here's what we've been up...