by Elaine Olsen | Dec 15, 2011 | christian perfection, family fun, grace, parenting
My son came home sobbing yesterday. “I can’t do it again, mom. It’s not fair. I missed one problem on my Math test… one problem, and she’s making me take it all over again. And she said it would be harder … 28 problems instead of 12. I made a 92%, and it wasn’t...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 6, 2011 | dad, family fun, grace, parenting, pilgrimage
My dad is the funniest man I know. Not the stand-up comedic kind of funny, but the everyday conversation kind of funny. As the man walketh, so does his humor. Those of you who know him well, know this to be true. Those of you who know me well, know this also to be...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 1, 2011 | family fun, packing up, parenting
“Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.” (Psalm...
by Elaine Olsen | May 17, 2011 | cancer, family fun, miracles, parenting
“One must not only believe in miracles, one must rely on them.” So says Dr. Barbara Walker, commencement speaker at my eldest son’s college graduation this past Saturday. It was a beautiful day; one of the best days of my life. Over the past twenty-two years,...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 25, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, family fun, letting go, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, surrender
I watched her out of the corner of my eye. Tears were forming in hers. We’d just settled into our evening watch of American Idol when I noticed her sadness. The “boys” present in the room shrugged it off as insignificant. Boys are like that sometimes, not seeing past...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 26, 2011 | cancer, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, pilgrimage
“‘You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” {John 14:4-6} ...
