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April 15, 2024April 14, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Adapting to a New Normal

I can’t cook in a messy kitchen. I have a brain that can be hard to corral, and the hours between 3 and 6 are my lowest energy times of the day. If I have to clean up everyone else’s mess first, I get cranky. Okay, let’s be honest, while I am making a meal… Read More

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April 8, 2024April 4, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

What’s for dinner?

ONE HOUSE—THREE GENERATIONS Series “What’s for dinner?” I don’t like this question. Now that I got that off my chest, I’ll tell you why I like cooking dinner for our full house. When we moved into our mixed-generational house together, I agreed to cook, but asked for input on meal ideas. Lynn and I usually… Read More

Journal adapt, cooking, dinner, family, multi-genreational living 1 Comment
April 1, 2024March 23, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Living Together—What was the trigger?

ONE HOUSE—THREE GENERATIONS Series Your kids are watching. When my mother-in-law had a stroke, my husband’s parents needed more support, so they moved to a senior-living complex in in our town. My husband’s father died a few years later, and Mom was on her own. She had Sunday dinners at our house and we took… Read More

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March 25, 2024March 23, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

One House—Three Generations

“I’m more adaptable than I am flexible, I think.” This was my confession to my BFF today over lunch. I was telling her that my daughter was considering rejoining a committee that took a lot of her time, energy, and attention. My response to my daughter had been, “So, what are you going to give… Read More

Journal adaptable, family, flexible, full house 2 Comments
March 18, 2024March 10, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

No Shadow Without Light

I The boy stands in the light,and a shadow-copy of his likenessappears on the ground. Is the boy the real thingor is reality in his shadow?Can one exist without the other? The shadow can show itselfonly when the boy is present.So, the boy is key. But when the boy stands in the darkness,the shadow copy… Read More

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March 11, 2024March 4, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Why We Celebrate Easter in the Spring

Even though Iowa is experiencing one of warmest winters since we have moved here in 1992, my husband and I still chose to go south to Missouri for a week in early March. After a seven-hour drive, we are seeing many more signs of early spring: more green grass, a few daffodils, and budding trees.… Read More

Journal 2 Corinthians 5:17, beginning, death, Easter, redemption, spring, winter Leave a comment
March 4, 2024March 1, 2024 by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

12 Years on the Blogging Trail

I built my first version of this WordPress website in 2012. I know that today (March 1, 2024) because WordPress sent me a message to let me know it was my 12th anniversary with them. If you ask me, “how long,” in a few weeks, I will probably say, “a long time,” because my brain… Read More

Journal belief, blogs, faith, humor, laughter, life, love 2 Comments

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