Merry Heart Summer
On choosing a merry heart instead of succumbing to despair
Of Permanent Things
Literature, Music, Culture, Life. A place to read about the Permanent Things.
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Meditations on Death
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
A Gift Guide for Readers
Keeping it short + sweet (and saving the best gift for last)
How far that little candle throws his beams!
On lights shining brighter in the darkness
On bearing one another's burdens
I must take a moment and dedicate this essay to my eldest daughter.
9 Lessons from 9 Years of Homeschooling
Last Friday, amidst streamers and good friends, we celebrated the final day of our ninth year of homeschool.
Virtue Grows in Graves
If good deeds could be traced to their source, how beautifully would even death appear!
Fireflies and God's Still, Small Voice
We went camping recently in the beautiful Piney Woods of East Texas.
Living Eulogies
Several years ago, I was reading eulogies on a funeral home’s online page for the daughter of a family friend.
Christ, Status, & Motherhood
Nobody knew she had played the most important part of all