Archive for June 2008

What an odd new stage. I am awake early and my kids are still asleep. Off and on this last month, I have had great times of waking up before the sunrise. Thinking of that great passage in Isaiah 50 that talks about God awakening me morning by morning to teach me things, I have…

Spicy terryaki beef jerky on my lips… Using the dehydrator, and his own special marinade, my husband works for several days to marinate, and then dehydrate the strips of sliced beef that he has bought. The house smells strongly then of terryaki and spices. The wash cloths and counters are often dangerous with raw meat…

These are photos showing the progression of my tummy. (Drat, stinking program. I can’t get the photos in the correct order.) The first one is me at four months. I’m wearing the green shirt, and a yellow African wrap-around skirt, facing left. The second photo, in the blue shirt and maroon skirt, is me at…