by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 21, 2025 | Gratitude, grief, healing, heart, pets
In early August, I observed a small umbilical hernia in my little Shih Tzu dog, Bitsy. The next week I had to go to Birmingham and I sent her to doggie daycare at our veterinarian’s office and asked them to check it. When I picked her up I talked to the doctor. She...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 14, 2025 | healing, Wellness
Well, one thing hasn’t changed since my 40’s. That was the point at which I became aware of my sensitivity to caffeine and had to begin limiting caffeine intake to one cup in the morning or deal with overstimulation and potential sleeplessness. I’ve gained greater...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2025 | growth, healing
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Aspiring to Tolerance and Inclusivity or Full of Grace and Truth? This morning’s devotional from Seedbed.com (posted above) hit a tender place for me. I have been confronted with the instruction to love my enemies...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 22, 2025 | grief, healing
) June 22, 2022) friend who lost her mother recently and I, now 22 months into widowhood, were just talking about this very aspect of grief last night. The experience of and lesson of such “emotional ambushes,” as I have called them, is very true. It does...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | emotions, healing, Prayer
7/21/23 Notes after recheck at doctor’s office following partial thyroidectomy weeks previously: Strange….. after today’s Wake Up Call devotional and prayer several people and situations came to mind….. more prayer. Then this…… tears...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | emotions, God's will, healing
Tears are a gift from God, part of the “fearful and wonderful” way He created us! They serve useful purposes not only in protecting our vision, but also in protecting our hearts and bodies from some of the toxic effects of excess hormones released under...
