When I was about five years old my mother and I moved in with my recently widowed grandmother. About two years later my mother was able to afford her own apartment. After that, I stayed with my grandmother after school and during the Summers while my mother worked long hours. My grandmother was in her…
Family
Happy 48th wedding anniversary to us! Those two young people in the framed photo are us once upon a time and that is our engagement picture. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve lost our wedding photos. Somewhere in our 28 moves the sweet snapshots my cousin took of our simple wedding disappeared. But photos or…
Wisdom
Every day we’re reminded how broken and sad our world is. It creeps into our hearts and weighs us down. And woe to those already in pain physically or emotionally, for now we’re reminded that the whole world is hurting. Today more than ever we need the comfort of the Scriptures which have offered hope…
A Bright Spot in Your Day
Last week dear Husband suggested I make my next blog a little lighter. As it turns out, we all need a bright spot now to offset the latest wave of tragedy in our nation. So here are a few silly images and then some comforting images to direct our hearts and minds to our God…
Drifting
Do you ever feel a bit dry? You know, your emotions and spirit aren’t quite where they should be? Do your heart and soul feel just a little dull? Lukewarm? Blah? Ho Hum? The other evening, I realized I hadn’t prayed since morning. I hadn’t given God much thought during my day. I didn’t enjoy…
Oh, Happy Day!
Several days ago we got the sad news that a pilot with the mission organization that we had served with experienced a fatal crash. She lived where we lived and served the people groups that we served. She was only 40 years old when her plane crashed into the deep lake at the end of…