
I am a Nana, yet I still talk baby-talk to my grandbabies. I like dill pickles with my chili. I can use a sewing machine and power tools. I love to read–and sometimes take […]
I am a Nana, yet I still talk baby-talk to my grandbabies. I like dill pickles with my chili. I can use a sewing machine and power tools. I love to read–and sometimes take […]
Tell yours. I know there are those that truly don’t care–they judge you by what they see. But there are others who need to hear it and will be blessed if you […]
It’s the kind of step that makes you want to sit down. You are about to be asked to do something that is way out of your comfort zone, and the easiest thing […]
I am not anyone important to you maybe, but I am: Wife Mom Nana Friend Daughter Sister and I am loved. Sometimes… God takes me and shows me who I really am. […]
To those looking for that secret to a happy life, guess what? In this life, we will have joy and we will have pain: ~~The day comes and we can hardly contain […]
It’s not uncommon these days for a woman (even my age!) to get a tattoo. Often they carry a significant meaning; not always just a fashion statement or mid-life crisis, these permanent scars become […]
Scripture is the number one source of TRUTH. Period. I often read devotionals–online and written ones to help encourage my spiritual journey, and am very cautious about who I listen to–and Billy Graham […]
Let’s face it. We all worry. We know it doesn’t help anything, yet we choose it. Humanly speaking, I want to say, “I can’t help it!”; yet in my heart, I know it’s […]
I woke up feeling sad. Wishing I could control my dreams. But I can’t. No one can. The thing is, I’m starting to wonder if I do–in a way, you know? Like […]
It’s only my personal opinion, but cedar trees are not the most beautiful of trees… My husband-with-a-memory-bank-that-never-runs-out is stashed with all kinds of treasure. He has been trying to teach me to […]
Or so it seems. The very definition of happiness can be elusive, so why do we think our pursuit will end in anything other than a temporary feeling? Maybe we should consider […]
The groomsmen’s tuxes were too long, too short, too tight. [They all deserved it, after kidnapping the groom and driving him around in the trunk of a car the night before!] The […]
Unfinished projects lurking in the corner. To-do list covered with stacks of mail. Half-written posts hanging in the balance. Piled up papers wait to be filed. Clothes in a sewing basket beckoning a needle. […]
” My heart is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like new wineskins. I must speak so that I can find relief; I must open my lips and respond. I […]
Jan Johnson, Enjoying the Presence of God, says it this way: “The more we welcome God into our thoughts and conversations, the more we desire His presence everywhere–even in the strenuous mental or […]