Think of some happy childhood memories. Holidays, birthdays, vacations, playing outside, family meals, reading favorite books, visiting grandparents, going to a friend’s house. Some of these happy memories have something in common. Without this ingredient, the happy times wouldn’t have happened. Think of the memories that involve a group of people that included those who…
Author: Grandma Grace
Soul Rest
I sure felt a heavy weight dragging me down this past week. We visited our daughter who went through cancer treatment for ten long months last year and is continuing to deal with the life altering side-effects. What she has gone through and continues to go through is heart-wrenching. While we were at her house,…
Serving
Thirteen years ago we were confronted with a staggering statistic. 85% of international students in American universities never see the inside of an American’s home. Whoa! Husband and I were shocked and saddened. Well, we can help with that! So we signed up with a campus organization to be friends with a foreign student who…
Disappointed?
I glanced at the calendar and realized that this year Palm Sunday, the day of celebration, was the date of my mother’s death many years ago when I was in high school. It seemed like an irony. Happy celebration and high hopes were the order of the day when Jesus road into Jerusalem. But I…
Harmony
Early in the pandemic last Spring dear friends of ours did things we considered dangerous or irresponsible. I made the mistake of harping on my opinion about what they should and shouldn’t do. I was genuinely and deeply concerned for their well-being, but I allowed our divergent opinions to turn me into a nag. …
When We Need Them
I was so delighted when a girlfriend from high school reconnected with me this week. We’ve had no contact since graduation. We were both new to the high school our senior year. Our last names caused us to be seated next to each other in trigonometry class, so it was natural for us to strike…