by Elaine Olsen | Nov 6, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun, parenting, pilgrimage, words
I had lunch with the sisters last week. I’ve yet to tell you much about them… these three Southern women connected by birth and each of them hovering toward eighty years of age. I first met them on a Saturday before that Monday (August 23, 2010—a date now...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 14, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun, out of the mouths of babes, parenting
Who gets to walk mom? It’s the newest “chore” added to the already growing list of chores divided up amongst the six of us who live beneath this roof. And since two of the six are rarely around, “mom-walking” usually falls to one of the other three. Last night,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 7, 2010 | family fun, God's voice, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage
As I rounded the corner of mile two on my usual jogging route, I noticed them walking toward me—two middle-school boys getting off the bus… two brothers making their way to the home less than a quarter of a mile from the bus drop. I’ve seen them before; even chatted...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 1, 2010 | family fun, grace, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting
I have a story I want to tell you; not because there’s anything particularly spiritual about it all, at least not at this point. Perhaps before it’s over there might be a small nugget’s worth of something to cradle as your own, but for now, this story belongs to my...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 29, 2010 | a quick word, parenting
Tonight I have a clearer picture of importunate persuasion. The artist behind the portrait painted in my honor today?My nine-year-old son.He’s worn me down with his relentless persistence—a troublesomely, urgent determination that has brought me to my breaking point,...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 2, 2010 | a quick word, family fun, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage
I am reminded of something this morning… something so small that if not carefully looking for that something, it is easily missed. Something so seemingly routine and mundane. Something we usually take for granted.Footprints.Ours and others.Every one of us is leaving...
