On Saturday we did something that we always considered frivolous and sometimes secretly judged others for doing. We spent money on a puppy. With one exception every dog we ever owned was either from the animal shelter, was given to us, or was a stray. But something came over us. We recently had our…
Category: Inspiration
Focus
Many years ago when we had a houseful of children, we were invited to our neighbor’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. Of course we brought part of the meal and afterwards, our hostess, our girls, and I were cleaning up. She had only one child and she remarked that this was a big job to feed…
Never Wasted
No suffering is wasted for those who trust God. A close friend got more bad medical news yesterday. Because her doctor didn’t do diagnostic scans before surgery, she has to have a second surgery more radical than the first. It’s so tempting to be angry and question why she has to go through two surgeries…
The Journey
A little girl was put on a train by her loving older brother. He promised that when she got to her destination he and her father would meet her and they would live in a new home where she would be very happy. Her brother kissed her and gave her into the care of two…
Hope on the Horizon
Hope is a powerful motivator. A close friend didn’t get the post-cancer surgery report we had hoped for. You can imagine my feelings when I got a text from her this week asking if I had a good book on Heaven. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized her wisdom…
Song of the Bluebirds
I was awakened early one morning recently by rustling sounds coming from the living room. Uh Oh. I immediately knew the source of the sound and I cringed. A couple of years ago we had heard the same sound. It turned out to be a bird stuck in the woodstove chimney pipe. That bird had…