I dreamed of using my time more wisely, and so I am!
Dreams are strange beasts. One night I dreamed people stopped by my house to rob me. My husband wasn’t home, and for whatever reason, I...
Forge ahead ...
This is a picture of the hallway in my house. When we first toured the house I thought the hall looked like a bowling alley it was so...
It's puzzling; and it's not all about me!
I tend to forget life isn’t about me. Life isn’t about my writing, or my dreams of owning a beach house, or my need to protect my...
Stretch your spiritual body this year!
Every year I find something to dedicate myself to for the next twelve months. Last year I read the bible through; the year before I...
What is my gift to God this Christmas?
Sunday I attended the children’s Christmas program at my church. Jesus attended with me. I imagined His joy as we watched. He chuckled at...
Remembering Thanksgiving ...
We broke with tradition this Thanksgiving and moved our holiday to the Smokey Mountains. My oldest daughter, Lori, found us a great log...
Blooming where you're planted, even when separated from the 'mother-stem'
My sister has an African violet that she loves. She cut a leaf off the mother-stem and put it in water. It rooted, and she planted it and...
Delay gratification. Can you?
I have little will-power. Put a piece of chocolate in front of me, and it is gone. Tell me a gift is coming in the mail, and I will beat...
Isabelle and Lillian are missed
I am missing these two granddaughters something awful right now. Isabelle and Lillian. They live in Indianapolis (Fishers actually)....
The night was dark ...
The night was dark and I was alone. Sometime in the wee-hours my hand slipped beneath my husband’s empty pillow. Instantly awake, I...
