I have a nasty habit of running my gas tank dry. My husband has resigned himself to the fact that every time he gets in my car, the orange needle will be resting on “E.” Unfortunately, this habit of running on empty doesn’t apply just to my car. Read the rest of the story [...]
The panic started with a broken nail. Not because of the broken nail, but because of the forgotten bag that had the nail clippers, and everything else in it. I arrived at my parents’ home this evening ready for a weekend of fun with my mom and friends at Women of Faith. As I headed [...]
Today was a count-down-the-hours kind of day for good reasons. The kids were geeked to have a high school babysitter for the first time. I was excited to eat finger foods that weren’t chicken nuggets and french fries. Bacon wrapped chestnuts? Yes please! Ked and I met up downtown at the art museum for a [...]
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one [...]
It was easy to spot the first-timers in the crowd for kindergarten roundup last night. They fidgeted in their seats and leaned in close to their spouses whispering with anxious looks on their faces. A few had eyes rimmed with red. I understood their anxiety. I was the same last year. Kindergarten is that first [...]
I finally finished the kitty for T-Rex. He hovered over my shoulder while I stitched it closed, and then gave the new kitty a proper welcome complete with a photo shoot. I was happy with it, except for the face. I stitched and re-stitched and stitched again before I decided it just had “character.” I [...]
My parents were visiting last week, and over the weekend we met up with my in-laws at our local botanical gardens. It was a dreary, rainy day and the indoor butterflies and blooms provided a cheery respite from the storm. Near the end of our visit, we were sitting in the hallway when T-Rex kept [...]
After our week-long honeymoon, we stopped by my parents house to break up the trip back to Michigan as well as pick up a few of my things. It was an odd feeling to return to my childhood home for the first time as a married woman. I felt so….grown up… and yet still like [...]
I’m named after my great-grandmother, Mabel Amelia. She passed away the year before I was born, and over the past week I’ve found myself mourning that I never had the chance to know her. I think we would have been friends. She too was a firstborn, and knew how to get things done. My great-grandfather [...]
This is a continuation of my love story with my husband Kedron. In the series Young Love Letters I shared how we met, dated, and got married. Then Came Marriage will chronicle the early years of our marriage. Young Love Letters left off with us dashing off for our honeymoon (and then turning around for [...]
Amelia lives in Michigan and has been married to her high school sweetheart Kedron for almost 14 years.
Amelia started pursuing her love of writing after she and her husband moved to Florida and she left her job in marketing to stay home with their firstborn. With family and friends a thousand miles away, she found blogging the daily stories of life to be a great way to stay in touch and recognize how God's story intersects with our daily stories.
The Rhodes recently moved back to Michigan where Amelia stays at home with their two young children, Little Miss Sunshine and T-Rex. She also is a contributor at Our Circle of Friends.
contact Amelia: supergirlamelia (at) gmail (dot) com