by Prasanta | Jul 10, 2012 | Children, One Thousand Gifts, Summer, Travel
Ahh… summer. I love summer! For us, summer usually involves a long road trip, as we try to visit family in the south (and I currently live in the midwest). Maybe you also have a long road trip planned for the summer or in your future? We drove all day Monday...
by Prasanta | Jun 18, 2012 | Journey, Lies, One Thousand Gifts, Truth
The day is ripe with promise. On Friday, we find ourselves free most of the day, and the kids request to go strawberry picking. I acquiesce. It is there in the fields with the low green plants, dotted with sweet red fruit, under a friendly sun, a vast blue sky, and a...
by Prasanta | Jun 11, 2012 | Beauty, One Thousand Gifts, Photogrpahy, Teaching Children, Thankfulness
I handled the camera with a bit of fear at first. I didn’t even know how to take off the lens cap. After all, I use a small point and shoot, not a DSLR. I was afraid I’d push the wrong button and mess something up. Despite not owning a DSLR beauty, I still...
by Prasanta | Jun 4, 2012 | Friendship, One Thousand Gifts, Relationships, Spring, Summer, Thankfulness, Writing
The muse is kind of quiet lately. I don’t have a fantastically clever post, superb thesis statement, or beautiful prose. Maybe it’s just as well, since these weeks are more than full, and it’s perhaps grace during a busy time. I have much on my mind,...
by Prasanta | May 22, 2012 | Journey, One Thousand Gifts, Running the Race, Sin
We run the race before us, not always knowing what is around the bend. {I am not a runner.} On Saturday, we participated in a Run/Walk, a first for our family. My daughter, youngest son, and I opted for the 3K walk (but they actually ended up running, while I walked!)...
by Prasanta | May 16, 2012 | Family, Gifts, Giving, God's love, Love, Mothering, Mothers, One Thousand Gifts, Receiving, Teaching Children
My birthday was last week. I am driving the kids somewhere when they ask me a question: “Mom what do you want for your birthday? What kind of cake do you want?” Nice questions, no? I could have said, “It doesn’t matter. Anything is fine. Give...
by Prasanta | Apr 30, 2012 | Encouragement, Faith, Friendship, One Thousand Gifts
A neighbor brings over a small mint plant (it’s growing like a weed in her yard) and asks if I would like it. I imagine the taste of sweet mint sun-tea in the summer and homemade mint chutney, and I graciously accept. I had wanted mint, but she couldn’t...
by Prasanta | Apr 23, 2012 | Art, Becoming Whole, Creativity, Faith, One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Quotes, Writing
Last fall, we planted about a hundred in our yard– yellow, red, and pink tulips, and a row of daffodils. The yellow ones bloomed this past week, spurts of sunshine in the yard. When I was about 8 or 9, we went to a drive-in movie (remember those?) and we watched...
by Prasanta | Apr 16, 2012 | Growth, One Thousand Gifts, Poetry, Spring, Thankfulness
Two weeks ago, we planted vegetable seeds. In this: It was an experiment– we usually buy seedlings in late May and plant them in the ground. But this year, we decided to plant straight from seed. And two weeks later, here is what we have: This weekend, we...
by Prasanta | Mar 7, 2012 | One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
The Most High God will surely shelter you defend you protect you deliver you redeem you watch you keep you love you save you forgive you there is nothing He will not do for you His arm is not too short to save *** Remembering His goodness this week, #663-676: 663. a...
