by Ingrid Lochamire | Aug 20, 2015 | Family
I usually don’t mind change, but it’s funny the things you miss once they’re gone. Things like the “boom, boom, boom” of a dump truck at 6:30 a.m. Or the air brakes of a semi tractor as it slows down outside our front door. Or the loud...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Jul 9, 2015 | Faith, Family
A spring-fed creek cuts a quiet path through our valley, rambling over stones and through clumps of watercress and swamp lilies before ducking under the road in front of our home to join a larger creek at the edge of the field. The water that flows from our spring and...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Apr 24, 2015 | Family
The bedroom makeover project that I expected would take a week — maybe two at the most — is stretching into its third week. We live in a 140-year-old house with plaster walls and crooked floors so this was no small project. But the end is in sight. Life...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Jan 13, 2015 | Faith, Family
I read this story again — really for the very first time — and it sets me on my heels. “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Dec 29, 2014 | Family, Slice of Life
A week ago, on a day I had packed to the brim with a doctor’s appointment, some last-minute errands, a few house-cleaning chores and a Christmas meal to prepare, I came down with the flu. By the time my four adult sons, a daughter-in-law and a girlfriend arrived...
by Ingrid Lochamire | Dec 12, 2014 | Family
Sometimes the simplest joys are the most memorable. My friend Cindy Miller recalls with fondness a family tradition as part of our Christmas Memories series. Perhaps reading her story will conjure up your own favorite Christmas memory. Visiting my grandparent’s pond...
