Of Words and Roots

I just love being in the garden and it seemed extra special today. I felt close to God, close to my “roots”. Grabbing handfuls of soil and sifting it over newly planted seeds reminded me of God’s hand taking a handful of soil and making......me!

Let's ever remember the origin of man as stated in God's Word:

 “In the sweat of the face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:  for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
I also love studying root words and the Word!

This year we learned the root words HUM and HUMAN while studying the excellent book "English from the Roots Up". We really enjoy and highly recommend this book.

We found it interesting to consider all of the following words which include these roots:

Humus:  earth; ground

Humanities:  Studies and interests of a cultural type which enrich the spirit of mankind

Exhume:  Take out of the ground; unearth; disinter

Humble:  Lowly; unpretentious; as, an humble person, meek

Humic;  Derived from the soil; as, Humic acid

Humicubation:  Act of lying on the ground in penitence; self abasement

Humility:  The quality of lowliness; meekness

Humiliate:  To humble; to shame; to abase

Humiliation:  Feeling of shame; degradation

Human:  Belonging or relating to man

Humanify:  Make into a man

Humane:  Marked by sympathy compassion for other human beings and animals

Humanize:  Make human; render humane

Inhuman:  Lacking the qualities of a humane being

Humanity:  The quality of being human

"Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and He will lift you up"

 I find the words and their roots quite interesting! Maybe I'm a "verbophil"! (Yes, I like playing with words too!)

 Verbum (word) + philo (love) = verbophil J

I think it is a good thing to love words! After all...
"The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 
John 1:14

Mother's Days

I heard this song by Steven Curtis Chapman the other day. I'm sharing it for my young mom friends that help me to fondly recall my younger days when life was blessedly full and hard and exhausting and my children were all little; needy and hungry and tired. 


I love to sit and talk with them and hear of their adventures and watch them buckle all of their brood into their car seats and to witness the tireless, selfless, God-given love that they have for their beautiful babies.


They bring back memories of several little ones clamoring for a spot on my lap or begging me watch one of their new abilities. 
They bless my heart!

I love being a mother; a journey with so many pleasant bends in the road! Thank you Lord, for blessing me so!

Happy Mother's Day!

► 4:08► 4:08

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4nBMLkfko

One Heartbeat at a Time


You're up all night with a screaming baby
You run all day at the speed of life
And every day you feel a little bit less
Like the beautiful woman you are


So you fall into bed when you run out of hours
And you wonder if anything worth doing got done
Oh, maybe you just don't know
Or maybe you've forgotten


You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time


With every "I know you can do it"
Every tear that you kiss away
So many little things that seem to go unnoticed
They're just like the drops of rain over time
They become a river


And you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time


You're beautiful
You're beautiful
How you're changing the world
You're changing the world


You, you are changing the world
One little heartbeat at a time
Making history with every touch and every smile
Oh, you, you may not see it now
But I believe that time will tell
How you, you are changing the world
Oh, I believe that you
You are changing the world
One little heartbeat
At a time


And you're changing the world


here's the link to Steven Curtis Chapman singing his song"

Best Friends....

My two youngest boys are truly best friends. When Joe went away for three days last week, Peter was actually "Joe-sick". He'd come up to me every half hour or so and tell me with puppy- dog sad eyes that he missed Joe. And that it's not fun without him.

Joseph is 9 and Peter 6. They are as different as night and day. Peter is aggressive and bossy. Joe is passive and easy to please. I'm so thankful for the design evident in their birth order...Joe is just old enough to understand and tolerate Pete without taking offense. He's quite patient with him.

The other day I observed them sitting in the back seat, buckled and waiting to go somewhere. They didn't see me, but I saw them! Peter had his face in Joe's neck.  Joe had his arms around Pete. They were cuddling and just showing affection, it was so sweet! Wish I had a video of that.

I believe the reason they are so fond of each other is that they're together so much. Joe called while he was away those three days and filled Peter in on everything he was doing, in a most animated way. Joseph is not being pulled away from his family friendships and loyalty by friends at school nor on the team. He's not ashamed of his little brother in any way. He never tells him to get lost when an older friend comes to play. Having his little brother with him is natural to him and the best. I'm so thankful for the great example all of my older children have been in this...often inviting a younger sibling along, including them in on what they are doing and learning.

Having grown -up brothers and sisters has given these boys vision for their lives. I have heard them discussing at length:  businesses they plan to have,  trucks they plan to buy, how many children they hope to have, places they want to live etc.

I  love watching them grow and learn and figure out what life is all about.

For these things I am grateful. Thank You Lord!!