Just Frances T

I had the pleasure of starting a brand-new SOAP journal a couple weeks back. My nerdy side loves office supplies in general, but especially loves the fresh pages of a new...

Last week, Matt and I took Thomas for a walk around the cabins at Hume Lake. At first, he was content to simply ride along as we pushed him on his...

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks slowly chewing through Stephen King’s book, Needful Things. I would have finished it much faster if left to my own devices, but I had...

So I woke up this morning kicking myself because there’s one thing I wish I said succinctly in my last post about the journey to “after”. I hinted at it talking...

As of this evening, I am officially done with the first part of my weight-loss program and have graduated into the more independent maintenance phase. Such a moment lends itself to...

I have to admit, last week was quite a week. Not the worst week ever, but clusters of annoying things have happened that left me laughing at the absurdity of it...

I spent the weekend at Hume Lake with my husband, son, and in-laws. Matt grew up going Hume every summer, so it holds a special pace for him, but I never...

Quietly tucked in between miraculous stories of the Lord bringing Israel into the Promised Land are a few verses about the transition as they moved in. I was struck by these:...

Many years ago, I visited a close friend after her first child was born. This was well before I had Thomas, so the baby routine was completely foreign to me. In...

I stepped out into the night air and relished the quiet. As the gravel driveway crunched beneath my shoes, I couldn’t help but remember a similar moment months before. Thomas had...