Our college-age gal left two days ago for a Summer of adventures in Alaska. She's volunteering in our nation's national parks and wildernesses. I believe she is the first person of either side of our family - I'm talking generations of Americans! - who has ever stepped foot in Alaska. She is our ... Read More about Knitting with our pioneer – from 4,000 miles away
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Realize How Brave You Are
In a moment of discouragement, I scribbled on a paper, "Realize how brave you are." I wrote it again, and I have that one on my bulletin board. It's easy to get discouraged. I have to fight it often, as I'm a fairly scatterbrained person and usually unsure of what to do. I always ... Read More about Realize How Brave You Are
burn the ships
A childhood friend and I texted late into the night recently. We had a heartfelt discussion on how much things that happened when we were children still affect us decades later. As children, we were faced with bigger trials than our children will know and the consequence is that we'll ... Read More about burn the ships
return to your rest, o my soul
Weariness. Sometimes life just seems tiring, doesn't it? I'm in one of those times now. It feels as though the past few years have battered me -- though there were light days, many happy moments, the whole of the past few years has been a steady, slow decline. I think ... Read More about return to your rest, o my soul
river
It happened again. I got my mind focused, prayed, worked on my schedule, created routines, woke to an alarm clock, and.... a wrench was thrown into my plans. I cleaned it up, said this will not stop me, looked at my index cards onto which was handwritten my new “schedule.” I got ... Read More about river
worthless things
It's interesting, when my Bible is opened, at what will stand out to me. I'm often surprised by a Scripture I didn't remember and though I've likely read over it many times, it never jumped out at me. And it's also remarkable how many times the Scripture that jumps out ... Read More about worthless things
