Here’s what my quiet times often look like here at home: I sit down, open my Bible and perhaps a devotional, then start to pray. Sometimes I make it through my entire prayer without thinking about the laundry, or dishes that need to be done, or mail that needs to be sorted, bills to be […]
The Sweetest Words Since He Said “I Do”
We’ve been doing a couple of remodeling projects in our house, and one of the more strenuous jobs my husband tackled was to pull up a rather long hallway of old tile. He was like a whirling dervish, pulling up the base flooring right along with the heavy tile while my youngest son and I […]
Steady but growing!
As usual on a Monday morning, I’m sitting at my computer but beyond my desk is a window offering a view of our front yard. In the spring, I’m often struck by how quickly things seem to be growing. When the leaves on the bushes fill in, the color green floods my office. Farther out, […]
Christmas Season
My husband teases me about the “rules” I have for holiday decorating – everything from when to hang the Easter blessings signs to flags in the windows for Fourth of July. On the first of October Halloween decorations go up, until some of the pumpkins get blended in with Thanksgiving pilgrims and turkeys. That leads […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Anyone who went through grade school in this country has probably heard about America’s first Thanksgiving: Pilgrims and Indians sharing a three day feast over the pilgrim’s first bountiful harvest. What I didn’t know until hearing it on the radio was that George Washington was the first president to desire a national day of Thanksgiving. […]
Icebreakers, anyone?
Over the weekend I attended an event that included an icebreaker game. We were to introduce ourselves not just with our name, but with an interesting fact no one would ever guess about us. I may not have mentioned this before, but I dislike icebreakers. Intensely. I suppose that’s because I’m an introvert, and such […]
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