Giveaway Reminder
Don't forget to enter my Black Friday Giveaway by tomorrow. I'm giving away a free poster sized print of your choice, courtesy of Online PosterPrinting.com. To enter go HERE and write a comment on how you'd use the poster. I'll be picking a name from a hat on December 1st.

Thumb Sucker
Oliver, who is eight years old, was gazing deeply into our dog Valentine's eyes this morning. Oliver was sucking his thumb, a habit that I believe for him is part defiance, part deeply sustaining. I reminded him to stop sucking your thumb (why do I do this, over and over?) and he said,Mom, this is how I communicate best with Valentine. It's our secret.

Superior Scribblers
Deb at the stunning Talk at the Table has kindly given me the Superior Scribbler Award. I would describe Deb's blog as beautifully written and faith-filled, so it's an honor to receive this blogger award from her. Besides, I love awards and I'm not ashamed to admit it!Here are the ru

Silent Saturday
THE PEACE OF WILD THINGSWhen despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild thingswho do n

Black Friday Giveaway
Here's the skinny! I am involved with the Blog Sponsorship Program for Uprinting.com and have the opportunity to award one of my readers an 18X24 poster made from one of your favorite prints. Given the number of incredibly talented photographers I know are out there blogging and reading this blog, here's a chance for a free poster of one of your beautiful prints. You can see the kind of