Motherhood. Will. Change. Your. Life. Forever! Read all the parenting books you can get your hands on but read your child as if there are no other books written on the subject. Study their unique blueprint and personality. It took “you and him” to make this “him or her”. Remember that … and celebrate the … Continue reading »
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place
Debating …pondering …dissecting Scripture ..analyzing the Greek for meaning … I may have landed somewhere. I’m simple-minded yet emotionally complex. Knowledge and life experience has poured into my being over the last 5 decades. I ponder this life and the Creator God and how it is all woven together in some wild and mysterious fashion. … Continue reading »
Frustrated, Thwarted and a Blessing
I tried to vacuum yesterday. It spit all the dirt neatly behind the vacuum cleaner. While sewing a seemingly simple, straight stitch using a sewing machine …the stitch seemed to have a path of its own that veered here and there , making instead … uneven, curvy lines. Ughh… There was one particular plant … Continue reading »
When You Need to Hear the Good News Before the Bad News
There must be an antenna in my house …connected to a friend of mine. It’s uncanny ! We don’t call or e-mail regularly. She’s not even on Facebook to see my daily status updates! There’s no scheduled contact time and we live states away from each other but it never ceases to amaze me how she … Continue reading »
Bumping Into the Cross on Good Friday
“A picture is worth a thousand words“, they say, and sometimes a picture is painted in your thoughts that you just have to share –even if it takes a thousand words …or 1,158 to be exact ! In my mind, I pictured a rushing river. As the river made its way downstream, a cross was … Continue reading »
Napkins
For the times you feel like you’re “ used up, faded, and … have no purpose” – here’s encouragement from one of my dearest friends in all the world who has sewn so much into my life since we were crazy kids in college. She enjoys a simple life in the mountains of Tennessee, but has experienced anything … Continue reading »
Criticism and Compliments
I’ve been pondering again ! Maybe I should have named this blog ”Pondering Moments” . Part of me avoids criticism like the plague. I mean, who really wants it, right !? No one gets up in the morning and says, “I hope somebody stops by and gives me a bucket load of criticism today!” I’ll … Continue reading »
My Father’s Business
Life gets confusing at times …just plain confusing! We are bombarded with voices — mostly well-meaning — from every direction giving advice or sharing opinions. Opinions flood until we may feel like we’re drowning . It’s at those moments of “drowning” that we often panic or, let’s just face it –FREAK out ! All … Continue reading »
All That Really Matters
So many things happen along this road we call “life” –some great and some not-so-great — but one song keeps singing over and over in my head and it seems — at the end of the day — this is all that really matters. Only “One Thing Remains” … Jesus. Loves. Me. His love for … Continue reading »
God allowed the call, the Holy Spirit sent a text, and Jesus knocked on the back door …
“I’m anxious and overwhelmed!” was the call this morning — in tearful conversation — and what’s this mama to do when the state of things is overwhelming and the reality is that we’re states apart — too many to jump in my van and get there fast enough ! My heart begins to pray. My … Continue reading »
