CAREFULLY CARELESS

It's no secret that my youngest son HATES leftovers, but since I hate wasting food, we have leftover night at least once a week (to his great chagrin). Strangely though I don't consider throwing away Halloween candy a waste. Does anyone? If it ruins our guts or wastes our space, I'm liable to throw it away immediately. I justify calling one thing a "leftover" and another thing "waste" without feeling any disparity. When you realize how brief and fragile your life is, when you

We have been contemplating going overseas for as little as a month and as much as an entire year because we still don't know where God is calling us to live after traveling around North America for two years (and then some). We also want to soak up our probable final year of full-time traveling. Life is too short to wait until you're retired. You may never get there. So if you can go, you should go. However, we've had unexpected circumstances keep us in our old stomping groun

There's enough full-time RV families to answer all your questions of how? why? where? etc. We, personally, watched Keep Your Daydream on Youtube for years before moving to the road. However, if you're not a full-timer, it's easy to romanticize or scrutinize the mobile lifestyle. Every time I meet someone on the road and tell them I live in an RV with my husband and four boys, they say, "Wow, I have a million questions." So, I figured I'd answer the top 10 for those who are s

I have always had a strong desire to identify or relate with other people. I want everyone to feel comfortable. I want everyone to feel at home around me. I want to "become all things to all people that I might win a few" (1 Cor. 9:22) And let's face it, I feel less abnormal when people relate to me too. Yet this strong desire can be problematic. I know that I'm easily stirred to lose myself if I am not rooted in reality. I can desire identification to the point that I resent