by Laurie Short | Jun 11, 2015 | Faith, graduation, parenting milestones, Perspective, step parenting
My stepson is graduating 6th grade this week. In a minute, he will be graduating 12th. I’ve heard how it works.The baby years crawl, the elementary years walk, and from 7th grade on, you blink your eyes and they are walking out the door. Wasn’t it...
by Laurie Short | May 12, 2015 | Faith, God's plan, Parenting, Perspective, your life story
I’m thinking today about how much of life is lived in the middle of the story. And the way that our stories intertwine. Two weeks ago I met a boy who I helped a girl place in a loving home thirteen years ago. This is how he looked then: And this is what he looks...
by Laurie Short | Mar 24, 2015 | Faith, gifts, Grace, Perspective
Last week I had a moment with a baby. One I would have missed had I not stopped to look. I was rushing through the checkout line grabbing some groceries. He was perched in a stroller behind me, squealing with delight. I had to stop and see what in the world had...
by Laurie Short | Feb 25, 2015 | Faith, Grace, Perspective
I just got a ticket for having my email application open on my cell phone (that isn’t me or the officer but it’s just there for effect) Not an email. Email APPLICATION. I picked it up at a red light and glanced at my email list on my screen. Then I put it...
by Laurie Short | Jan 26, 2015 | Faith, Perspective
I’m half way through my new book. Which is why you haven’t heard from me in a while. That means I have seven whole chapters done. It also means I have seven whole chapters to go. And that’s what my book is about. It’s not a book about finishing chapters....
by Laurie Short | Oct 29, 2014 | ebola, Faith, generosity, giving, making a difference, Perspective
A month ago, we heard about children being beheaded in the Middle East for proclaiming the Christian faith. Today, we tally scores of people dying from Ebola in Africa. And while we work to quarantine individuals to keep this disease from infecting our first world...