Author Archives: Emily Klesick

There's this new lesson God has been teaching me lately.   I can't say I'm all that fond of it.   In the last few months, God has been making me i...

Public service announcement: my daffodils are popping out of the ground.   Everything is going to be okay now.   I’m not even joking. I once...

Oh Timmies, You with your red, brown, and yellow logo, bringing such comfort to this transplanted Canadian. There's nothing like knowing I can drive just a few miles across the border and f...

I've been desperately craving Mexican food these days.  Like...desperately. To the point where I see a Taco Bell commercial and start to salivate. And that is not even close to the sam...

Hi Sweetheart, It's one of our late nights tonight, and I thought I would just take a few minutes to say a few words to you. You're returning home from the first of your three fifteen-hour ...

It was a Thursday night. My oldest son had been begging me for over a week to spend the night in his fort, and I, in all my hormonal craziness, decided to let him do it. So, ther...

I remember the icebreaker questionnaires from my school years. Questions like, “What’s your favorite animal?” or “What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?” would grac...

I don’t know about you, but as a busy mom of two whose hubby works 40 or more hours a week, I don’t get a whole lot of “me time”. My husband is super gracious and is so willing...

Most of us have been there. Names get put into a hat (figuratively or literally) and we pass it around, and suddenly, we’ve adopted someone and are their Secret Santa. It’s a fu...

When I was in high school, I read a book called What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage. Now if I’m being completely honest, I remember absolutely nothing about the t...