Did you see that viral video of a parched koala in the area of the devastating bushfires in Australia who stood on the road and begged for water from passing cyclists? The poor koala climbed right up on a bicycle to get a drink from the cyclist’s water bottle. It drank and drank. Have you…
Author: Grandma Grace
Moving Forward
I was in a dither. I was running an important errand, had a very tight schedule, and I had made a stupid mistake that made my errand way longer than it needed to be. Our son was coming with our two granddaughters for a visit and I needed to get home because Husband had a…
Good News for the New Year
Have you ever considered the journeys of Mary and Joseph and how they resemble many of our journeys in life? We all have unplanned, inconvenient journeys in our lives that we’d rather not take. I’m sure you can think of times in your life that were hard and perhaps unexpected. I can think of some…
A Christmas Gift
On Friday, we had a fun dinner party at our house. (That sounds fancier than it really was. Make that a fun each-couple-bring-a-dish meal.) After dessert, we each answered the question, “What gift do you remember from a Christmas past?” Even though some of the stories were sad, I learned some important things by listening to…
Stumbling Behind in Mary’s Footsteps
I’m embarrassed to admit that I got sideways over several small Christmas preparations. What’s worse is that these were first-world issues that I’m lucky to deal with while many in the world don’t have enough to eat. But that didn’t prevent me from getting upset. Because I didn’t plan ahead, our Christmas family get-together totally fell…