This unexpected child, but perfectly expected and planned by the best Family Planner known to history, has already broken me. over.and.over.and. over. The life-exchanged-for-life that is going on over in this Iverson household, has not been pretty, but in the mess of it all, new life, not just this sixth child’s life, but a life […]

I dreamed it. And it scared me. Scared me right into humble submission to every long, hard, fatigued, feeling-sick day. Scared me into waiting patiently.  Scared me into receiving whatever I needed to learn and do in this hard waiting process. It has been a tough 4 1/2 months. More negative emotions, failures, despairing moments, […]

“…the Lord your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.”  Deuteronomy 1:33 He did this very thing. My husband had been telling me to write a book for the […]

Her story is here. Her impression continues to be here. Her famous recipe is here. For a mother whose mothering continues to inspire and spur on this weary one.

He turned water into wine. Multiplied fish and loaves to feed thousands. Healed sick people. Raised individuals from the dead. Walked on water. Drove demons away. Caused money to appear out of a fish’s mouth. Sensed people’s thoughts. There wasn’t a lot that this God-man, Jesus,  couldn’t do. In fact, some would argue that there’s […]

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart….and  your paths will be straight”   Proverbs 3:5-6 There’s nothing that makes my paths more crooked than pregnancy, and the hormones, fatigue and sickness it brings. I plan a course of action, a schedule and an agenda…..and then I don’t have the energy to carry it out. […]

Achy, tired pregnant body…groggy mind…the alarm is blaring in my ear, but the whispers blur reason away… “You need your rest- you are pregnant” “If you get up now, you won’t make it through the morning” “Its waaay to early…the kids woke you up alot last night” And that carved out time, the very time […]