Global Reality Check
My husband and I just returned from an amazing trip overseas. I always enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of different cultures… but hands-down, my favorite part of travel is meeting people along the way. Some years back on a…
Read MoreBig Thought for Little Brain
This month my husband and I traveled to New York City with friends who were visiting from Brazil, South America. Our typical sightseeing day in the Big Apple includes a ride on the subway. Although I think New York’s metro…
Read MoreDeciding to Decide
Some people are fast decision-makers. Not me! I’ve been known to spend a couple of hours at the mall hunting for just the right item. Finally, after carefully choosing, I’ve stood in a long line of customers waiting my turn…
Read MoreLove to be Loved
I admit it. I want to be loved. I want to be loved by my husband, my children, my grandchildren, my friends… and well… everyone that knows me. I don’t like to be disliked. Is this egotism? Pride? Conceit? Self-centeredness?…
Read MoreJust a Moment
I bumped into an “old” friend a couple of weeks ago. She’s not really old by my standards, although I recently discovered that 40 is the old age of youth and 50 is the youth of old age. That puts…
Read MoreSteps and Stops
A dream come true… an Alaskan cruise! It was a trip we had talked about for years. Finally we decided it was time to make the dream a reality. The anticipation during the weeks leading up to travel was wonderful….
Read MoreNever a Waste
Bad stuff in our past is bad, right? At least that’s what I always thought. I have regrets from poor choices I made when a teenager. I have less-than-pleasant memories of spousal conflict in the early years of our marriage….
Read MoreWho, Be Me?
Okay, the title’s bad grammar and rather Elizabethan in flavor. Nevertheless I find I’m posing that question to myself on a rather regular basis. And I think it’s a question that many folks ask themselves. When I was a teenager,…
Read MoreSave the Canvas
Early one morning at the city’s art studio, an eager young artist set up her easel. Along with the other beginning students, she was excited to begin her first real masterpiece. She prepared her brushes and paints and eyed her…
Read MoreGrowing Up Christian
Growing up “Christian,” I’ve been exposed to a variety of theological leanings. I’ve been challenged in multiple Sunday services to “get right with God.” I’ve knelt at altars and cried sincere tears of repentance. I’ve wrestled with the glaring reality…
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