by kimhyland | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The last week was overwhelming. Not just in the normal sense of busyness, but also sadness. Some of life’s harshest strokes hit many people that I love. The death of my friend, Aida, a wife and mom to five young children. My friend’s ongoing battle for her...
by kimhyland | Nov 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have six kids. Four are still at home, and we homeschool them. Three of them are teenagers and require all the time and emotional energy this season demands. With just the responsibilities inside these four walls, I hardly have time to keep us in clean underwear and...
by kimhyland | Nov 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
God, thank you for . . 1. red barns 2. the smell of woodsmoke 3. the way You reach for me 4. my $12 vintage buffalo plaid Woolrich jacket, favorite mug, and a cold morning 5. the morning sky 6. Sam’s (our resident ten year old Origami/Scherenschnitte...
by kimhyland | Nov 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 I have a confession to make. On most of these...
by kimhyland | Nov 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
The sun shone through my bathroom window in a different way the other morning. After three days of wind and rain, even seeing the sun was new, but there was something else. I pulled back the curtain and saw. The whole mountain range. We live on the west side of the...
by kimhyland | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am very happily married. No, it’s not perfect. But I am so happy. Content. Thankful. In the days leading up to our wedding, I could find no fault in Jeff. And God help the person who tried to tell me otherwise. Of course I knew he wasn’t...