It’s Valentines. Do you feel you have to give or do something for Valentines? Or do you feel you get to express your love and appreciation? On the flip side, do you want your spouse to be an order filler? Simply getting you what you demand in order to keep the peace. Or do you want…
Author: Grandma Grace
God Stories=Good Stories
Just today I heard God stories. We had eaten a meal at the home of a couple who live near us and we were seated comfortably in their living room with the foothills of the Cascade Mountains spread out before us on the other side of their big windows. The conversation turned to how they…
Where to Run
Were you ever ‘blown out of the water’ by unwelcome news? Blindsided by something unexpected? Where do you turn in the moments and days following when your brain works overtime conjuring “what if”s? When your last thought before sleep and first thought upon awakening is sad and fearful how do you redirect? When you feel…
Patience
If God treats us with gentleness, patience, kindness, firmness, forgiveness, and love, shouldn’t we treat others that way? This past week two acquaintances deeply impressed me with their patience and kindness. I needed to take a snapshot of a client in their home with their new wall portrait. But when I called to ask if…
Bubbling
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…
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…