by Martha Hynson Runaway Chicken The next Saturday was the Spring Fling at school. Mama was going to work there. Her job was to run the art table. Macy was going to be her assistant. Maybe Mama would let Flappy help, too. Macy went to ask. She found Mama putting bags of art stuff in…
Macy Joy and the Good-Choice Tickets: Chapter 11
by Martha Hynson Art Teacher at Last Somebody made a video of that whole chicken adventure. They put it on YouTube. Bella was right. Flappy was famous. Macy, Bella and Jonah were in the video, too. So were the goat and the pig. Mr. Betts, the art teacher, saw it. He called Mama and asked…
Macy Joy and the Good-Choice Tickets: Chapter 12
by Martha Hynson Something Sweet Macy found Flappy in a box of paper strips. “Hey! What are you doing in here?” She picked her chicken up. Something pinkish was under her. Flappy had laid an egg! Macy picked it up. It was the biggest one ever. “Cool egg!” said Jonah. That boy was zipping all…
Truth We Can Know
“Mommy, when is my birthday?” My three-year-old daughter looked expectantly at me. Knowing the date, April 14, would mean nothing to her, I tried to connect it to something familiar. “Honey,” I said, “your birthday is either just before or just after Easter.” “Oh, great,” she responded. “You don’t know when my birthday is either!”…
Home for Christmas
Christmas is about home. It’s the comfort of hot cocoa by a warm fire, the joy of sparkling lights strung on a tree, and the peaceful sound of carols as the soundtrack to our days. But it’s also about leaving home. It’s the story of a young woman, traveling far from the familiar to give…
Paper Bag Turkeys
It was the middle of November, so it was perfectly normal to see grocery bags filled with turkeys. But the turkeys I was looking at would not be on a Thanksgiving table. They were on a stage, ready to perform. Or so we thought, until we discovered a bit of a problem.
The Truth About Beavers and Other Things
Matthew 16:24, John 16:33, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 28:20 Five-year-old #1: My brother lost all ten of his teeth. Five-year-old #2: That’s not right, people have more than ten teeth. Five-year-old #3: Justin Bieber. Five-year-old #4: A beaver has two teeth. Welcome to kindergarten, where communication is like a dot-to-dot picture with many numbers missing. It’s…
Stress and a Squished Peach
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22 I have one of those balls you squeeze to relieve stress. It was a gift— one I’m sure I needed. The ball is the size and color of a peach which, since I live in Georgia,…
Macy Joy and the Good-Choice Tickets
Macy Joy, a lively six-year-old, dreams of teaching art in kindergarten. This audio book promotes STEM, creative writing, and learning to get along with others, through twelve rollicking chapters of pure fun. Chapter 1 — The Lucky Sock Chapter 2 — Fresh Eggs Chapter 3 — Bella Chapter 4 — Nurse White’s Salon Chapter 5…
Fill Up on Sweets
The little sugar canister warmed my heart, not only because it was a thoughtful gift, but because it brought to mind a memory. I used to have a similar container in my kitchen. One day, I found my five-year-old granddaughter eating from it with her fingers. “Oh, honey,” I said, “Don’t eat sugar like that.”…