I’m all for goal setting. With my ping-pong default, having written goals is the only thing that keeps me on track. But it’s all you read/hear/talk about this time of year. I’d like to suggest we should not only look forward but also look back. Look back with gratitude. I know we have to…
Category: Heart
Thin Ice
I can do this. I pictured myself relaxed and calm entering the MRI machine. Yes, I had even practiced by putting my head in dark, enclosed places. Husband cracked up when I told him I put my head in our small RV closet to practice not being afraid in tight quarters. Everything was going to…
Surprise! Part 2 of Christmas in an RV
Our friendly UPS guy hands me an armload of boxes. We were expecting a box of parts for the house construction and a coat from Costco. But this armload? It blew me away, almost literally. The strong wind threatened to push me over as I maneuvered the boxes toward the trailer. Just too windy and…
Mother’s Day Poison
Confession: I wrote this last Mother’s Day. Please humor me by re-reading if you’ve already read it last year. The advice bears repeating. If you’re a newer subscriber, please humor me by reading these tidbits and forgive me for forgetting that it’s Mother’s Day this week and I should have written a new helpful blog…
It’s Friday, but Sunday is Coming!
It’s Friday, but Sunday’s comin’! Just when things look the darkest, Jesus shows up. His sweet presence lights up the darkness. It may be that he changes the circumstances or he may do the harder thing – changes our attitudes about the circumstances. Isn’t it amazing that one event that occurred two thousand years ago…
A Shoebox Love Story
Every year, a Christian organization called Samaritan’s Purse facilitates the distribution of shoeboxes filled with small toys and useful items to children in poor or war-torn countries. The boxes are filled by people across America in the spirit of giving to those less fortunate at Christmas. “Back in 2000, an 8-year-old girl named Joana in…