Dear Husband volunteered to help plan his high school 50th reunion scheduled for this Fall. One of his duties is to contact classmates to tell them about the reunion. Catching up with folks he hadn’t had much, if any contact with, for fifty years has been enlightening. While searching for a former classmate, Husband visited…
Author: Grandma Grace
Negative Nelly
“I never got Rice Krispies,” whined Negative Nelly. I was shocked that these snarky words jumped out of my mouth during an innocuous family conversation about cold cereal. Indeed, negative words tumble of my mouth with little provocation. Husband had said that as a child, he was allowed to eat Rice Krispies sometimes because…
Dream Killer
I gathered up my courage and braved rush hour traffic in the city to attend a workshop a few days ago. Holding up her smartphone, my instructor said bluntly, “This is a Dream Killer.” She had been exhorting us to work hard and be disciplined in our pursuit of excellence. Reminding us that we have…
Listening
This weekend we were privileged to visit a landscape like no other we’d ever experienced. Steep mountainsides cut with waterfalls and topped with glaciers. Bare rock peaks wrapped in mist dropping into turquoise lakes. Not one peak, but hundreds standing shoulder to shoulder in every direction. The wind and the wildness pressed into us. There we…
Appointments
Click, click, click, click. Today was a beautiful morning and my car windows were down as I drove into the little town five miles from our house. Uh, oh, I shouldn’t be hearing a click with each rotation of the tires. Better pull over and see what’s going on. There were plenty of parking spots…
Happy and Strong
Why am I thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas when it isn’t even summer yet?! What do the holidays have to do with my burning questions about whether God is happy and whether he’s happy with me? Some of you can identify with where I’m coming from in my hang-up with feelings of falling short. Some…