Family
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Busy? It’s Okay Not To Be
I noticed a thing early on in my marriage-hood and mother-hood. Since I didn’t work outside of the house, the home and the kids were my job. And so, when I’m in my house, and there are kids in the house, I should be “working”. The house doesn’t sleep, the kids barely sleep, so my job was 24/7. So, I should be busy all the time. Right? I should always be doing something. There should always be something on my to-do list. While there may always be something on the list, does that mean I have to be doing it? I saw in the world, media and even my church…
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The Grinch: How My Heart Grew From Grump to Grateful
I am the youngest of 4 kids and the only girl. Yes, everything you may be thinking is true. I wasn’t spoiled as in I got lots of material things. But I may have whined a bit and felt entitled to my way sometimes. I got my own room while the 3 boys were cramped in one small bedroom. I was perhaps resented and definitely teased a lot by my brothers. Teenage Linda was the only one left at home, with brothers that had gone off to be adults. I loved having my parents to myself. In my humble opinion, I was an easy teenager. I didn’t give my parents…
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Missing the boat (literally) and what we learned about love
We sat at a McDonalds somewhere in Los Angeles, Calif. area. I was at one table, my entire family at another. I was fuming. I was in disbelief this was happening. And I was angry at everyone. Months earlier I had planned for this day and THIS was not the plan. Every year we had some sort of family vacation. Some big some small. It was usually the beach, mountains, or amusement park. This time we planned something new. A family cruise. With one son out of the country, we would not all be there. But we decided once the kids were adults, we couldn’t keep from having fun and…