I am writing this in a hospital coffee shop as I wait for my husband to have minor surgery. My heart says it’ll be okay, but there is always that other voice, fear. The framed art on the wall says, “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the [...]
Pink dress. Pink shoes. White stockings. Cute little girls. Cute little girls throw themselves in their fathers’ big arms and life is free from worries. Someone is going to take care of them. Someone is going to feed them. Someone is going to carry them on his broad shoulders. That’s what I felt when I [...]
I have been away for three weeks! I don't know about you, but when I travel, I find it difficult to concentrate on writing blogs, or any other thing for that matter. Travel is not as glamorous as some people think. Countless hours are spent sitting in airports, planes, and cars. The airline food is [...]
We all live to some extent with illusions We can make ourselves believe that we will be okay no matter what the circumstances. We are prone to believe the blatant lie that we can pull ourselves up by our boot strings and keep going at any cost. We see ourselves as better than we really [...]
I was reading the blog of a popular, highly recommended author. I was stunned by her scathing attack on a Christian leader significantly older and more experienced than she was! Her blog was well written, but was used to criticize this renowned leader and expose his faults. When it comes to this particular leader, I [...]
“Are you going to Beauty for Ashes this year?” my friend, Ruth, asked. As did Ann, another friend, author and avid conference attendee. Aldyth, the organizer of this annual women’s conference for the past nineteen years, also presented this same question. They all wanted me there, and of course, I wanted to go. It would [...]
Three weeks in and out of bed with different viruses has given me an appreciation for my general, overall, good health. I don't like being bed bound, but sometimes your body wants nothing more than to rest and recover from the virulent virus that has attacked it. So it is great to be up and [...]
I know what people generally see in me and I am acutely aware of what they don’t! As a rule people don't see the dark side of my life. It is not that I am intentional about hiding aspects of my life—I simply don't want people to see the dismal side of me that sometimes [...]
Finland, Hungary and Romania During mid-2012, my husband and I traveled to Finland for our youngest son, Kyle’s wedding. Thereafter, we spent ten days with new-found friends at their summer cottage in the south-eastern parts of Finland. The newly-weds joined us a week after the wedding, and a few days later, we all headed off [...]
A friend of ours tragically lost his wife a few months ago. They were out enjoying the day together when she had a fatal accident that took her life. I was reminded of the Scripture in James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a [...]
