I’ve been trying to catch my breath. . . so I baked. I baked a Chicken & Cauliflower Rice recipe from I Breathe I’m Hungry. I made a Flourless Chocolate Torte – and Lavender-Pumpkin Scones. I found all kinds of pumpkins – and exchanged Summer with Fall. Then I Fall Cleaned – much like Spring Cleaning. It was a deep … Continue reading →
This is the only way I can tell this, the only way I can wrap my brain around Thursday, September 16. I’m sharing for two reasons: 1) to give God the Glory for His life-saving miracle, and 2) to help create awareness to BE FAST in recognizing on-set symptoms of a stroke in order to create the opportunity for positive … Continue reading →
I don’t know if this will make sense. I’m not ready to detail the story of a miracle – or name the miracle that happened last week, but I will next week. This week, I am collecting all the pieces and parts it, like a puzzle strewn all around. God prepares the heart, my friend, for the challenges. . . … Continue reading →
“He loved us long before we loved him.” ~1 John 4:10 I’ve spent a lifetime drawing near. . . and, in the drawing closer, respect for our King, our Creator has grown into friendship, into love, into honor, into awe at how very much He loves me, how very much He loves you, how very much He loves the easy and … Continue reading →
Have you really thought about The Rapture? When our Savior’s angels are sentwith a loud trumpet call to bring us homehome from “the four winds”from one end of the heavens to the other” (Matthew 24:31)Angels come to bring us home!No time to pack. No time to say, “I’m sorry.”No time for hugs!No time for new salvation.“In a flash, in the … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago on a schools-just-started Friday afternoon, my son and his girlfriend’s family were baptized by the Waterloo Cascades on the Spring Creek River. He’d chosen to be baptized when he was in third grade, but wanted to renew his commitment as a young man. One after one – a first grader, middle schooler, a high school student, … Continue reading →
In the Spring, I started Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace. I’d started it a few times, but grew faint-hearted. The beginning made me doubt I was equipped to endure. That it was the top-selling book behind the Bible from its publication in 1880 until Gone With the Wind’s publication had put it on my shelves as a goal. I loved Dickens, … Continue reading →
I love creating the setting for family and friend gatherings – the table, the food – to create a memory worth keeping. I’ve learned a few things about my boys. The outdoor gatherings, where we eat outdoors, with some cornhole, maybe croquet, a soccer ball – when it’s outside they’re more likely to stay longer, laugh more, let the relationships … Continue reading →
“If life looks like you expected it to look, then you’re doing something wrong” – that’s the thought that came to mind while I was blanching tomatoes the other day. Today I’m 59 and Friday, I will celebrate 38 years with my Forever Man. I’m throwing My Plan Book out the window. My expectations? Just a drop in the bucket … Continue reading →
It’s my birthday month – so I am going to do something totally decadent. I’m going to repost some of my favorites. Lead Me to The Water was initially the first of two separate posts 1) Lead Me to the Water, the poem followed by 2) The Story Behind the Poem: The Elephant in the Room. They are combined here. … Continue reading →
