An Explanation and Books

Between having a beautiful and important guest in our home this week,

and the nearing of the end of pregnancy, in which, 

I am needing more sleep, I am likely to not be posting everyday.

  I usually do my writing after the children have gone to bed, 

so that I am not interfering with their mommy time.  

But, my desire to sleep is increasing more

as Baby # 9 is due in 8 weeks. 

It must be my age, because it feels like

it SHOULD be much sooner.

With the Fall weather changing quickly from lovely to nasty 

to lovely again, these bad weather days are finding us 

cuddled up with a good book. 

No twaddle here.

Even the younger ones have a thirst for a good story,

whether it be an educational comic book, 

or the little one’s daily favorites.

These usually require sound effects to tell correctly.

  It is just amazing how bossy a 21 month old can be 

about how a book should sound.

Our love for books,

read quietly or aloud,

lead us down some wonderful trails. 

Currently we are reading aloud the "Indian In the Cupboard"

series by Lynne Reid Bank.  

Every night I am begged to read just a bit more… 

“Please Mama, just one more chapter?” 

Brian is reading “Bonhoeffer, (the newest biography) Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy.  By Eric Metaxas. 

Anna is reading “What He Must Be” (to marry my daughter),

by Voddie Baucham

and “The Marketing Of Evil“, by David Kupelian.

Rose is enjoying “Do Hard Things“, by Alex and Brett Harris.


Grace is very into “Crazy Love“, by Francis Chan.

Joe cannot get his nose out of the “the Adventures of Tin Tin“,

just given to him today.

  A comic type educational book perfectly suited

for a 10 or 11 year old boy.  

He is also reading “The Sign of the Beaver“,

by Elizabeth George Speare.


Jim has Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Treasure Island” on his mind, with 100 questions about pirates

and what “Would you do?” situations to ask me.

John finds his eyelids the choice of evening study material,

after a long day at work.

  Reading will come another time,

after the fire season has passed. 

Until then, the hunting regulations are about all he can withstand before his bed is beckoning him.

Currently I find I do not have time or energy to read anything beyond school papers and my email, 

but the sight of one of my family

absorbed in a book always puts a smile on my face,
as does having my beautiful fiend as my houseguest.