I remember sitting in my backyard growing up and getting down deep in the mud to make a mud sandwich. The imaginative innovation of stick-leaf-dead bug-rock sandwiches that were in high demand at our backyard drive-thru window (the line was always too long!). Where you hoped you had enough flower pedal change to make the…
I once heard a sermon that encouraged the congregation to allow enough space in our everyday schedules so when opportunity to bless others was before us we would recognize it or even (gasp!) welcome it. As I progress in my life with wonderful children I think back to that sermon with a bit of 1.…
“Well, I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.” – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Ryder has always had a desire to eat muffins. Maybe it was because before he…
Hello. My name is Charity Mack. I am a blogger… Say what?! I have for years said to my husband’s silly suggestion “You should blog these updates.” with great gusto and leveled tone, “No.” But let’s face it, marriage brings out the best of “I love you. I told-ya-so.” So without further ado, ladies and…
Motherhood is one of those amazing journeys where you are entrusted with the responsibility of potential greatness and inevitable unpredictability. There are certain laws of motherhood that every mother tries to deny but eventually embraces in order to survive. One of these laws is the law of teething and it (so far) has been one…