Posts Tagged God
failed.
Posted by malindar in Family Life, God, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection on August 22, 2014
about a year ago, after realizing the depths to which a father can sink, my then-14-year-old daughter blamed God. for everything. everything bad that ever happened in her life, every question she could come up with that flew in the face of everything she had been taught for 14 years, every single, solitary questionable thing. […]
teenagers.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on March 5, 2014
so, my most recent quandary? what do i do with a child who has decided she wants nothing to do with God? …the God who allowed her father to choose crime and betrayal…over a relationship with her. …the God who allowed a life of relative luxury to slip through her fingers when that same father […]
thinking.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection, Writing on January 31, 2014
have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something which will eventually receive a) a grade or b)a potential critique…you write more intently and more intentionally than you would if you were sitting down to write yourself a note? think back to college. high school, even. you write yourself a note–something you […]
purpose.
Posted by malindar in God, Homeschooling, Kids, unschooling on January 25, 2014
in the past three weeks, i have challenged my kids to think pretty deeply about who they are. what they like. what they love. who they want to be some day. i have encouraged them to dream. picture their lives 5 years from now. 10 years from now. think about the people they know whom […]
control.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 23, 2014
i don’t really think of myself as a control freak. i like to know what’s going on, i like to have a firm grasp on my reality. but i don’t think i’m a control freak. (my children would disagree, i’m sure.) (and maybe a few other people.) (i digress.) things have felt pretty seriously out […]
question.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection on January 21, 2014
i have a question for you: when someone presents information to someone you love that flies in the face of what you believe and makes your heart race…what do YOU do?? and just for kicks, what do you do when, after deciding to move on and let it go because it’s not worth your stress, […]
mercy.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Reflection on January 19, 2014
mer·cy noun \ˈmər-sē\ : kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly : kindness or help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation : a good or lucky fact or situation (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercy) sometimes the things that happen in and around my life catch me completely off guard. i […]
bullcookies.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Kids, Life on December 19, 2013
good little Christian girls don’t use curse words, right? ok. well. fine. i call bull cookies on this day, then. the whole thing. every last second of it. (ok, maybe except for the part where i was sitting on Reasa’s lap in the reception area at the lawyer’s office today as she bounced me on […]
soon.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Reflection on April 2, 2013
God and i are in a tough spot right now. have you ever had one of those spots? the tough ones? the ones where you are so angry about the direction things have headed in your life, so frustrated that you have made the best choices you felt you could possibly make–confirmed by wisdom from […]
All Is Grace 