Category Daily Thoughts

CCC #8

Ok, so I haven’t been able to keep up with blogging about EVERY single “CCC” (read posts below for more info.), BUT here was a highlight from this week. On Tuesday, Dec 8, I had Emily and her two daughters…

.day.

.day. wake, 6:15am tea and snack, 6:20am e –mails, 6:20 – 7am devotional, 7am answer dorm girl’s question, 7:50am task list for Emily, 8:05am real breakfast, 8:10am shower, 8:15am get ready for the day, 8:30am go over task list with…

It Doesn't Get Much Better

It doesn’t get much better than wearing an original 1970’s RVA cheerleader costume for “Carnival” last night… …or kissing a Giraffe yesterday at the Nairobi Giraffe Park…don’t ask 🙂 …or hiking down into the valley to visit the ancient Fig…

THRIVE

Last night for our Dorm Night activity, my girls came up with an Acrostic Poem that defines their goals for our KUE dorm this year. The acrostic poem was the word, THRIVE. First, we split off into 6 groups of…

Try Outs

Remember high-school try outs? The dreaded days where you feel like there is a bright spotlight upon you, and everyone is watching, and time stands still? My girls are all going through various Try-outs this week. Four, for Varsity Basketball.…

In those days…

Do you ever remember memorizing, or hearing Luke 2 as a child around Christmastime? I still remember when Mom had all of us kids learn it…”In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of…

:: since God is there ::

“To me remains nor place, nor time, My country is in every clime, I can be calm and free from care, On any shore, since God is there. While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness…

:: ordinary & extraordinary ::

A wise lady* once told me that life is mostly made up of ordinary days. there are certainly extraordinary days that accompany a lifetime: births, deaths, weddings, graduations, amazing vacations, memories made with family and friends that just stand out…