by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2026 | home, nature, pets, Uncategorized
CBB 3/10/23: This is Minnie and Simon nuzzling and grooming one another in the bed with me this morning at 5 am. This peaceful coexistence has taken three months to accomplish after he came back to live with us again. Norma Wallis found him as a kitten and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 19, 2026 | acceptance, action, Aging, change, home, Uncategorized
From 1/19/22 CBB: Icopied this from another page. It reminded me of many stories shared here . . . And the months it took for my own downsizing a year ago. I know there will be at least 1 more downsize, maybe 2 if I live long enough….then the final...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 28, 2025 | change, home, spiritual journey, status
I’m here, in Panama City Beach, Florida, finding my way as I come to a place where “family” may be found again, having returned from the far country of exile that was Hurricane Michael and COVID-19, where my husband died, like a modern day Naomi. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | brokenness, consolation, home
11/12/21: 8 years ago we had a difficult Holiday season My Dad had just died in August. My Mom was beside herself with grief. Our home remodeling had been underway since June and was taking far longer than projected. My locked chest with important belongings and my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | home, marriage, Memorials, memories, stones, symbols, Thanks, worship, writing
In the hymn sung today in the Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” JD Walt noted in it a reference to raising one’s Eben Ezer, a stone of remembrance as a testimony to God’s work on our behalf. Bill and I have had an Eben Ezer that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2024 | change, Comfort, God's will, growth, home, journaling, Lent, life change, marriage, questions, seasons, spiritual journey, Trust
When have you felt God direct you to make a change in your life? Did you struggle with any doubt or were you confident in the change? In August 1992, my husband, Bill, had a job opportunity and was ready for a change of venue . After praying about the situation, he...
