by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | spiritual growth, writing
Building Positive self- identity and resilience are skills we work on ….. From 2018: A conversation on resilience by Sharyl Sandberg and Adam Grant: Adam: There’s research suggesting that journaling can be really helpful in this process (of building self...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | Comfort, delight
Thinking about shoes this morning ….. This morning in Phoenix I packed my new Merrell hiking boots and put on my canvas ECCO Mary Janes for this morning’s 3 hours of car travel. My Florida daily Croc sandal footwear is in my backpack for downtime. I spent...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | seasons, Wisdom
Lovely Lenten reflection on wilderness space…. “Old Testament references hint at the fact that the wilderness is also a place of intimacy where God speaks to us very tenderly those things he has been wanting to say to our souls: ‘Therefore I will now...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 9, 2022 | reconciliation, redemption, Worldview, writing
“…. there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). Genesis 2:24: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2022 | Ministry
I knew my sixth decade would bring challenges, just as each new decade of life has. Last week I bit down on a dried banana chip for breakfast as I drove to work and I broke an incisor tooth just to the right of my front teeth. I was able to get in to see My dentist at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 8, 2022 | Ministry
There are some ironies that are just too rich to ignore. Today the final one of what had been several banging and ill-fitting doors closed in my life, despite my efforts to fit it for use. I had scheduled a celebratory bonfire with a few close friends to dispose of a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 7, 2022 | grandmother, home
The History of ‘APRONS’ by Robyn Markham I don’t think our kids know what an apron is. The principle use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | childhood memories
Cousin Victoria Baxley and me ( in the bandana skirt and top) drinking from aluminum dippers at the well pump of Antioch Primitive Baptist Church in Barbour Co., AL about May 1963.
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | self care
“Lock your wheels down and put on your 9mm girdle! And walk like you own it!” Quoted from a post by a friend who is a private investigator in a major Southern city. She was commenting on having to be in a rather unsavory area of her city….. I had...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 6, 2022 | scripture
Studied Isaiah 5 as part of a study of the book of Isaiah using Dr. Sandra Richter’s materials…Isaiah 5 is the parable of the vineyard and we were comparing it to Jesus’ parable of the vineyard in Matthew 21. WOW! At the end of Matthew 21, we read...
