This week marked the 56th anniversary of my mother’s death. My parents had been separated off and on during my growing up years and when my mother died, my father was living out of state. For some reason, no one felt it was a good idea for me as a high schooler to live alone!…
Author: Grandma Grace
For Love’s Sake
They were being unreasonable. Illogical. Wasteful. Why spend a lot of money doing something that was already done? Why jump into a project that was ill-planned? One of them was so emotional that two extra-terrestrial beings didn’t get her attention. She even made an outlandish offer to singlehandedly carry a grown man’s dead body plus…
Tender Care
The tenderness of Jesus even under the worst circumstances is astounding. This is the account by an eyewitness of what happened as Jesus was nearing death. The interchange between Jesus hanging on the cross and his mother, and Jesus and his best friend was recorded by the one spoken to – John. “Near the cross of…
Goodbye
The table was piled with delicious food. Our friends were gathered around it. The feeling of camaraderie was matched only by the heaviness of impending goodbyes. Finally, we each prepared to leave, knowing it was the last time we would all be together. Some were headed for the other side of the ocean, some for…
Unexpected
She had chosen a beautiful wedding gown, the lovely venue was reserved, she had studied her Biblical premarital workbook, and her family was happily anticipating the big day. Then unexpectedly, she broke her engagement. One day she told her parents she was leaving for a weekend camping trip with a girlfriend. She didn’t return home. …
Griping
When I was a teenager (ages ago!) I lived with an old aunt who inadvertently taught me a valuable lesson. She often said with a sigh, “If only.” Usually, it was, “If only he would have _____.” Sometimes it was, “If only I felt better.” Or, “If only we had _______.” Her sighing and wishing…