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Wordless Wednesday
If I Could Only Say One Thing To Graduates
Graduation time is here, and I am sure there will be plenty of advice being thrown around. If I only had only one opportunity to speak words of encouragement to a graduate, what […]
IN AWE OF OUR CREATOR
This mother/nana is completely in awe. It’s our fourth grandchild and nothing can diminish the complete joy and awe of what God has done! I’ll never tire of this privilege. Keep ’em […]
Mom and Dad
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are just around the corner, and so today I want to share part of a letter that I wrote to my parents several years ago at Christmas: Sometimes […]
What Are We Telling a Future Generation?
I am so grateful that I learned about God at a young age. I’m especially thankful that God, who wants His creation to know HIm, provided a way for us to learn […]
I Assure You, I’m “OK”
Am I? Really? What does that even mean, anyway? OK. I wonder about these things sometimes… What does “OK” even mean? Why do we use the letters “O” and “K”? Here’s what […]
When Somebody “Busts Your Bubble”…
What do you do? Do you… Quit? Throw a fit? Lash out? Stomp and pout? It happens. Sometimes intentional and other times not so much. Maybe not at all intentional, but still […]
Lavender and Lemonade
I guess I’ve been an “old soul” since childhood, because I love and appreciate things from the past: books, quilts, doilies, embroidered hankies… I am always mixing the old with the new. […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes
For this weekly photo challenge the objective was to create a three-picture story: What do you do with soft apples? While the obvious answer might be “make applesauce”, feeding them to the […]
Life Out of Focus
I’m a photographer wannabe. I’ve never owned a really good camera, so playing around with my iPhone, Adobe Photoshop, Picasa, and iPhone Apps like Instagram and A Beautiful Mess keep me satisfied… […]
Seafood and Truth
Wow. It was another one of those moments. The light of truth. Some would call it a lightbulb moment. I call it a God moment. Never a coincidence. Always a crossroad.
Hearts that are Puzzled
Ever wonder why it sometimes seems that romance is only a fairy-tale? Maybe it’s because we forget that in those Cinderella stories, the characters have to overcome obstacles before they arrive at […]
A New Year, A New Day, A New Perspective
Mrs. Turnipseed was in her 80’s when she approached my pastor-husband and exclaimed with great exuberance, “Pastor, I’m so excited! I’ve found a new ministry!” Can you picture that in your mind? How […]
HOLD ON!
The clock ticks and it seems the day will never end. Other days time passes far too quickly and we wish we could redeem the time…
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