There are a lot of qualities I believe go a long way in a relationship. Being a good listener. Possessing a consistent sensitivity to others. Having a relentless commitment to forgiveness. Also it helps if one of you is funny. This works out well for me since the love of my life also happens to [...]
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My Funny Valentine
Posted by sarahonpurpose on February 13, 2012
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2012/02/13/my-funny-valentine/
The Child Asks Me a Question…
It starts and ends here: the child asks me a question. “Mommy, can you come to Friday chapel today?” my six year old says. I tell him that I would love to do it another time but that I can’t today. “Oh. Are you going to jail?” he asks. “Yes,” I tell him. And I [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on February 3, 2012
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2012/02/03/the-child-asks-me-a-question/
Letters on Life, vol II
Dear… … rainy gray skies, you are beautiful. And though the lovely women who teach my precious children are no doubt feeling the brunt of your recess-thieving force, I am loving you. … Sonya Carson, I just read the first three chapters in the story of your son’s life. You remind me of the staggering [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on January 25, 2012
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2012/01/25/letters-on-life-vol-ii/
“I lift my eyes up…” and the days that teach me to do it more
I see it in her face. Or rather, it’s what I don’t see in her face. She is in kindergarten, and I am at the neighborhood school where I help out, and we are walking the halls to a room where we will work on writing sentences. It is the first thing I notice about [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on January 20, 2012
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2012/01/20/i-lift-my-eyes-up-and-the-days-that-teach-me-to-do-it-more/
An Exchange Program… of sorts. Not really. But kind of.
Anyone who knows me knows there are a couple of things that I get all fired up about and perhaps even a little “John the Baptisty” about, and one of those things is children who are in need- and particularly the responsibility we share as followers of Christ to care for them. And not so [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on January 17, 2012
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2012/01/17/an-exchange-program-of-sorts-not-really-but-kind-of/
