Grumbling or Gratitude Extreme

This was written a few days ago by a 21 year-old who we have loved since her childhood. โ€œ๐•†๐•Ÿ๐•– ๐•ช๐•–๐•’๐•ฃ ๐•๐•š๐•œ๐•– ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•š๐•ค. Bed-bound. One year ago yesterday I walked into the gym at 8:16 pm and immediately felt my legs collapse after being there for only 3 minutes.โ€œ ย  How do we stop complaining when…

Hope on the Horizon

Hope is a powerful motivator. ย  A close friend didnโ€™t get the post-cancer surgery report we had hoped for.ย  You can imagine my feelings when I got a text from her this week asking if I had a good book on Heaven.ย  But the more I thought about it, the more I realized her wisdom…

Comfort and Hope

  Dear Husband and I had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend with our three oldest adult children and their families.ย  (The younger three were prevented from joining us by the vicissitudes of life.)ย  We enjoyed the grandchildren that could be with us.ย  Watching them interact with each other was precious.ย  Seeing how they have grown…

Spring Is Coming!

One day last week. Me:ย  Guess what?ย  Itโ€™s only 18 days till Spring! Husband:ย  What?!ย  Itโ€™s only 18 days?ย  It feels like 18 months. Sigh.ย  Sometimes it does seem like a long wait till we get what we hope for. ย  Husband answered the phone.ย  I could hear that it was his brotherโ€™s voice on…