My mother used to remind me, “Some things just take time.” It takes time for the dough to rise, it takes time for a garden to grow, it takes time for cheese to age. Some things just take time. However, we live in a society that wants things now. One of my favorite lines comes… Continue reading
Tag: patience
The Wait
God doesn’t operate on our time clock. Today is my 2-year anniversary. We downloaded our adoption application to Three Angel’s Children’s Relief orphanage in Haiti exactly two years ago. At the time, we were told to expect our adoption to take approximately 18 months. Well, eighteen months has come and gone, with some days barely… Continue reading
Sugly Paid a Visit
Sister Ugly, or Sugly as I like to call her, paid a visit yesterday when I least expected. You see, there is this monstrosity of a house being built next to us. It’s absolutely beautiful and stunning—so that’s really not the problem. The problem is that it has been under construction for 2 years now,… Continue reading
What are You Waiting For?
My daughter picked up her phone and noticed this ridiculous message, “iphone is disabled. Try again in 23,117,684 minutes.” That translates into 385,295 hours or 16,053 days. Better said, it translates to nearly 44 years. That’s a long time to wait for her iphone to work again! During this thing we do called LIFE, there are times when… Continue reading



