When you send your 3rd graders to school with a kiss and a lunch packed with love, you expect them to return home to you at the end of the day. But sometimes they don’t. When your 8th grader complains of pain in his hip, you expect to give him some ibuprofen and for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: blessings
Homecoming
We don’t always realize how beautiful the tapestry of our life is turning out to be. We get caught up in the busy of everyday life and fail to take note of the extraordinary way He weaves things together. Friends, even when life doesn’t make sense or you are left wondering why God lays something… Continue Reading
2012 in Review
Wow! 2012 was one for the record books for the Smallwood family. In terms of milestones, this year was chock full of ‘em. Shayla graduated with her certified nursing assistant license in March and started her nursing career. Attended her first college classes. Got married. Moved into their first place {and out of ours} and turned… Continue Reading
An Anecdote of Fear and Angels
When I realized that the only parking available was in a several story parking garage, I felt sick to my stomach. Parking garages and I do not get along. I feel like the top of any vehicle I am in is going to be shorn off or that the entire thing is going to collapse… Continue Reading
What a week {in pictures}
I don’t know about you but this week has just plain wore this mama out. Sometimes I get so riled up about things that don’t really matter {am I the only one that does that?} I try to live my life through the lens of eternal significance but get so easily tripped up by the… Continue Reading
Favorite Bible Promises
I am busy with a new writing project {never has God laid something on my heart as clear as what I am working on right now and I can’t wait to share it with y’all! Pray for me, please}. When I am working on a specific project, I go through my old journals and prayer… Continue Reading
Airing the dirty laundry
Has God ever prompted you to do something and you whispered back at Him {in your head of course, because out loud would make you seem crazy} “come again? Lord, there is no way I can do that”? Oh, it’s just me? Usually when I have that type of conversation with God, it isn’t long… Continue Reading
Halfway point
Can you believe this year is halfway over? I don’t know if it is getting older, watching the kids grow or the hectic pace of life but the days go by quicker and quicker. Here is a glimpse of our life the last two weeks: Sweet Pea loves to see herself in my iPhone for… Continue Reading
Reaching for God sized dreams
Sometimes I feel bad for dreaming, for letting my mind wander to what could be. Then I remember that the desires of my heart can always be conformed to His heart if I relinquish them. There’s nothing wrong with dreaming, so long as you turn the dreams over to the will of God. I dream… Continue Reading
Whitney Houston and my witness
If I made a soundtrack of my life many of the songs would be sung by Whitney Houston. When I heard about her death I was saddened by the seeming waste of talent and the brevity of her life. Then a picture started circling Facebook and I “liked’ it. It was basically saying that Whitney… Continue Reading