So true!

Molly, Katie, and Stephen


I finally remembered to post this shot from March, when Stephen Colbert's portrait was hanging up in the National Portrait Gallery. The infinitely adorable Molly and I stood in line at the 2nd-floor bathroom (that's where the portrait was hanging!) for our five-second chance at a picture with "Stephen." Muchas gracias to Sherry for using her sharp elbows and sharper photography skills to keep the crowds at bay long enough to ensure that her spawn and I could get close enough to break off a piece of the magic.

Locked and Loaded?

From Proverbs 31 Ministries

Full to the Rim
By Lee Merrill, She Speaks! Graduate

“…until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13 (NIV)

I am what you might call a perpetual dieter. My husband says I should get an honorary degree in fad diets because I own most of the diet books and magazine articles that have ever been written on the subject!

In my heart, I know that all I have to do it eat less junk, move my body more, and the weight will come off. But, the dreamer in me hopes that one of these miracle diets will actually work and cause me to "lose 48 pounds by Labor Day."

Today, the Lord gave me a brand-new “diet.” As I was reading in Ephesians, I came across chapter 4, verse 13, which deals with the body of Christ being united in faith so we can grow to be fully mature and overflowing with the character of God.