Month in review

Once again I’m caught in the rush of a new school year and finding myself saying, “Wait! We aren’t done with summer yet, are we?!” Summer was entirely too short and my wish-list too long to get everything in this year. God was gracious to give me July and early August to work on garden, yard, and home things, and get my school planning well under way. Good thing, too—my dear Mom had a stroke in August and things have seemed topsy-turvy since then. (Second family stroke this year—enough already!) It’s hard to be hundreds of miles away from family anyway, but when there’s a crisis it really hurts. You pray and stay connected and trust that the Lord is working a testimony of grace. You jump when the phone rings, and shed tears of thankfulness at progress reports. It’s ever a walk of faith, this life, isn’t it? But life goes on and we’ve settled into our new school year. SweetPea is a junior this year, so with only a couple more years to go, we’re try