Author Archives: andreachatelain

Early in the morning when the sky was still black, my four year old insomniac tiptoed to my bed. “What’sa matter sweetie? You can’t sleep?” She shook her head, climbed up in bed, snuggled in the covers, and turned on her tummy. “Tickle my back, mommy.” I danced my fingers up and down, side toContinue reading “Love Never Dies”

Imagine me dressed up in my grey slacks and white blouse ready to teach a college class. A picture of conformed professionalism. I walk into the bathroom before class and something makes me halt. A woman was singing her little heart out in the bathroom. I mean this was not humming. This was full-out beltingContinue reading “Singin’ in the…bathroom??”

My kids came home with a little craft from bible school last week. It was a strange looking popsicle man with a verse tied to it. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.” Genesis 50:20. As Luke practiced the verse out loud to me through the week, the truth of itContinue reading “You intended to harm me, but…”

I rode all around the 80 acres thinking I would see tons of wildflowers. But there were waves and waves of tall grass, thistles, and trees. I turned a corner and started down the hill and my eye darted to the only vibrant color amongst the miles of dry grass. One flower. Just one. IContinue reading “Just one Flower”

I was driving to see my grandma in the hospital, praying for everything and lost in emotion this past January. Somewhere in my prayer I told God to use me. I asked Him what He wanted me to do, thinking it would have something to do with my grandma. But into my heart once againContinue reading “God’s Table as Omaha Gives”

I’ve seen it a few times now. The most recent was while walking my dog early in the morning. A huge ugly hawk floating through the air looking for something to eat. Then out of nowhere, a little bird climbs high. She gets above the menacing hawk, looks down, and dives straight into it– peckingContinue reading “Fighting Fear”

I was sitting on a bench at the park with a mom-friend having my only adult conversation of the day. Our kids were climbing the tornado slide and shooting hoops independently while we sat and took a break from mothering. Another mom sat across the park from us… in the sand, digging, laughing, and playingContinue reading “#allthemoms”

I was listening to a friend talk about her experience with a hoarder recently–helping to clean out a house filled with more than a lifetime of stuff. Everywhere were boxes of worthless junk alongside never worn clothes tags still on. As my friend spoke of trying to clear out the hoarders house, I imagined theContinue reading “A Double Hoarder’s Testimony”

Last year for my birthday I went to Lowes and bought two scrawny pear trees for $20 each. I shoved them like a bad tetris game into the back of my honda odyssey van and headed home hoping my husband would approve. (he wasn’t as excited as he should’ve been ha!) My garden that startedContinue reading “Just a branch”