Well, maybe it is. Everybody's posting on how grateful they are for this and that, but I just had to jump on the bandwagon. I am up to my elbows in pottytraining my two-year-old. That's rather early or a little late, depending on who you talk...
It's unprecedented! A post two days in a row on Joy in the Journey? That never happens. Well, it's happening today. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was thinking about doing Five Minute Friday and here I am. I will write for five...
In true Alison form, I am waiting till the last minute to pack our shoeboxes for OCC. That's OCC, not OCD. Operation Christmas Child, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse.This is the third year that Camilla and I are filling shoeboxes with gifts for children in...
Lately God’s been asking me to surrender. Last week, in Sunday School, our young adults pastor (and yes, I still qualify as a young adult!) made a comment about surrender. When we give things to God, He often hands them back to us in better...
Last Friday I “almost” started a new thing called Five Minute Friday. I’d seen a few of these on other blogs. The blogger writes for five minutes straight on a given topic and then stops. That’s it. Blog post finished. Seems like a good way...
I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block lately. Well, not exactly writer’s block. Just blogger’s block, I guess. I’ve written a poem, but it’s nothing I want to share yet. I’ve started and not finished a whole slew of posts. I'm basically "finished" with...
The birthday was last week, but I've been working on other projects so . . . here are pics of my favorite two-year-old at long last! The photos should speak for themselves. Photo by April Roskos...
I haven't done much for flood victims. Helping out with the "flood buckets" my church is providing via the Red Cross has been the extent of my mission. The initial cleanup seems to be complete, but I'm sure more help will be needed in the...
Since January, or earlier maybe, I've been thinking this might be my year to dabble in missions. After talking with my brother, a seasoned missions-tripper, about how to be sure you're helping, not hurting, on a short-term missions trip, I concluded that disaster-relief was the way to go....
Today I sent my almost-five-year-old off to begin her second year of preschool. Realizing how quickly this past year has gone by, I'm reminded that my days as a pre-school mom are numbered. All too soon I will be a mother of school-age children. How...
