...when your first best friend doesn't live next door.
Let me encourage you to enjoy your daily walk of freedom.
September. This has always been the “beginning” of the year for me, and beginnings mean preparation and equipping. Can you tell I’m an educator at heart? Except for the time when Gary attended Wheaton Graduate School, I have always considered September to be the first …
“Through it all, through it all, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus, I’ve learned to trust in God. Through it all, through it all, I’ve learned to depend upon His Word.” (Sonny Salsbury & Andrae Crouch, 1978) I don’t want to go through …
Many of us have heard the advice to “live in the present.” A wise woman recently explained that when she begins to get stressed about her situation or begins to fear what might happen in the future, one of her loved ones asks her a …
Girls, you need a best friend! (If you don’t believe that, think again!) Allow me to tell you my story… In a tiny, rural town in Northern California lived a little, chubby, redheaded girl. She lived with her kind, aging parents in the country. Her …
If you’re anything like me, you hate making more trips to carry “stuff” than necessary. Whether it’s too many bags of groceries at once from the car, several loads of laundry piled high in a basket, or the entire collection of library books that I’ve …
This summer we visited some of the ancient ruins of the Mayan people. Over the years of traveling, I’ve learned about other ancient cultures in Europe, South America, and Asia, and I think each one is fascinating but mysterious, as well. I marvel at how …
I remember Momma telling me when I was in my thirties to “slow down.” At the time I thought she was a little nuts. Didn’t she realize I had a lot to do every day? Didn’t she see I was being the attentive and loving …
True confession time: I have a fear of “not enough.” Do I have enough?…money to pay bills, money to buy what I want, time to fulfill my responsibilities, time to do what I want to do, yarn for my next project, groceries for the week, …
In Lake County we get to enjoy all of the seasons, even though they manifest themselves at half the intensity as in other locations we’ve lived, such as the Midwest or Scotland. Because of my S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder), I would do best in a …
Thanks to each one of you for a wonderful launch of this website and blog! I would never have guessed I would be writing for “public consumption,” mostly because I didn’t think I was capable. Technology and I are only beginning to be friends; creating …