This is how I experienced the onset of mid-life….turning away from the grief of regrets about the past and a feeling that the best part of my life was behind me to the joy of grandchildren. It is wonderful to watch another generation grow up! Each child is...
From 2/19/2022….. Another birthday. Another day of gratitude. In life for the long-haul…. Blessed to be living long enough to KNOW God’s redemption personally in so many ways , to see it in the lives of others, and to have been given the ability to see it...
From 1/15/2012: “A brief down day…truly Sabbath rest….no papers due, no books to be read, no tasks that must be done before Monday morning. (Although I really should be working in our yard! It’s been so long since I did yard work, it’s...
The risk associated with staying up too late engaged in a project: Hearing things that go “bump” in the night. About 11pm last evening I heard what sounded like a gunshot. It’s not all that unusual to hear gunshots up here with woods all around the...
I have shared on several occasions with friends or students about a lady who attended church with us when our children were preschoolers. I made a point of making her acquaintance to see if she was as gracious as she appeared. She was a retired kindergarten teacher in...
