by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
My hiking helpers My mind and my heart love a good hike in the mountains. (not anything too crazy). My body doesn’t cooperate. I am clumsy and out-of-shape. Recently my daughter, Missy, and I took a trip to the mountains, where I knew we would be hiking. On our...
by Michelle Ruddell | Teacher Life
Like a child waiting for Christmas, I am a teacher anticipating the beginning of a new school year. There are new school supplies in a box on my kitchen table. I stepped into my classroom last week. The whiteboards are shiny, the floors are clean, and there is not one...
by Michelle Ruddell | Personal life
Why I’m Not a Plumber I was cleaning house at a furious pace that Saturday morning, fueled by conflicting emotions. Anger at abuse and betrayal by my husband collided with the giddiness of my independence and freedom in the week or so since his arrest. I was...
by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
I knew I had procrastinated too long. The yard was a jungle. I had used every excuse to put off this task, but today was the day it must be done. The neighbors had all mowed. I had the lone unkempt, tall grassland on the block. I started late in the evening....
by Michelle Ruddell | devotional
It wasn’t twelve stones from a riverbed, but it was a reminder of God’s miraculous work in my life. I stumbled across this memento while looking for a scripture to accompany a blog post. I reached for a small red Bible that was on the shelf above my...
