There are times in this life when we think the clock has all but stopped. When we’re little, we can’t wait for our birthday or Christmas. In high school, we can’t see past graduation. For many of us, we eagerly await the arrival of Prince Charming. Sometimes it’s a promotion, or the envelope with our…
Ashleigh Baker
Ashleigh was an active part of YLCF from 2006 through 2011. She continues to seek poetry in prose on her blog, where she shares her heart and her home.Blessed Insignificance
“So… what do you do?” The question has been presented in various forms over the two years John and I have been married. I heard it again last weekend at the wedding we attended. Before I answer, I ask myself, what do I do? Thinking over my days I remember the many little things that…
Afraid to Blink
I’ve been going through pictures tonight. My camera card was full, and as I emptied it onto my computer, I began scrolling back through older pictures. Pictures of the past few weeks and months. I saw one of John and Merritt just before John left and was struck by how little Merritt was then. Two…
The Iraq Journey
And then… he came home. Military wives know there are times we can feel so very alone, whether or not our husbands are deployed. Since it is always helpful to me to talk with or read about other women who “get it”, we put all the deployment-related posts from my blog during the time John…
Strength That Is Not My Own
The following was written and published at Heart and Home in March 2008, just six weeks after my Marine deployed to Iraq. Listen. Do you hear that? Stillness. Complete quiet. Both my boys are sound asleep. The first soft notes of an old Amy Grant song I loved as a little girl are beginning to…
Hanging In There
Some of you may remember when my husband, my Marine, deployed to Iraq in early 2008. Our boys were 21 months and seven weeks old, respectively, and we’d been stationed at a new base in southern California for six months. It was our first deployment and, at that time, the hardest thing we’d endured as…
And We Have A Winner!
Thank you all for your wonderful participation in our Peek Into Your Day Carnival! I’d say how much I loved it, how encouraged I was, and maybe even how many hours I spent curled up on my couch that drizzly Wednesday morning perusing your lives… but I think Lanier already covered most of it. It…
A Peek Into Your Day
Welcome to the “A Peek Into Your Day” blog carnival! Over the course of the past few weeks, we’ve enjoyed a behind the scenes look into the real, day-to-day lives of the YLCF team members. You’ve watched us making meals, running errands, feeding animals, hurrying to softball games, writing articles, and, yes, even picking up…
Friday in Sunny Southern California
This is the last installment from one of us in our Day in the Life of the Team series, but not the end of the fun! Now it’s YOUR turn! Don’t miss the “A Peek Into Your Day” Blog Carnival, hosted by YLCF, next Wednesday, October 28! I’d like to say our Fridays are anything…
Written by You–Posts and Carnivals
Young Ladies Christian Fellowship is a place for young ladies… whether young in age or young in heart. We come here from many different seasons of life. Some are single, some are planning weddings, some are learning the basics of homemaking, some are rocking babies, some are busy with school and soccer games, some have…
