Hampton Park in Charleston, South Carolina, is a beautiful place to walk or just sit and enjoy the many flowers, trees and the fountain. When we spent a few months in Charleston during the winter of 2016 we walked almost every day in the park. At 60 acres, there are plenty of walkways. Just six […]
I am now into my third year of retirement. My list of “things to do when I retire” was quite a long one. Type all my husband’s sermons (from 30 years of ministry) and get them organized according to subject and/or scripture. Check – done! Organize all the pictures, school papers and drawings of my daughters that […]
The young people from Bethel Assembly of God standing with their barrels with funds raised for BGMC this past Sunday! Boys and Girls Missions Club (BGMC) is the missions program my church uses to teach the children to love the world – not just our own country – and to do what they can to make a […]
Growing up in a Christian home, I learned to pray at a very young age. Prayer was an important part of my family’s life. Every meal we took turns thanking God for our food. As the “baby” in the family my first prayers over meal time were memorized prayers like God is great, God is […]
Recently I saw a church sign that invited people to come because their church was “simple and fun.” That sounded great! Who would not want to go to a church that was “fun” and keeping things “simple” in the chaotic times we have been experiencing sounds like a good idea. But is it? Is that […]
It has been a month now since I finished my physical therapy. My therapist warned me that I would need to keep doing my exercises at least two to four times a week if I wanted to remain strong and have less pain. So far, I am exercising every day. Eventually I will probably move […]
In November 2001 my husband and I moved into our new home. It had no trees or flowers anywhere on the property. In the backyard, a deck opened onto an above ground swimming pool. The backyard was ugly and hot with lots of concrete and rock around the pool. Two metal sheds sat on large […]
This song says it all! Our natural inclination is to expect rewards in measure with our performance. If we test well, we expect a good grade. If we perform well at work, we expect a raise or a promotion. We tend to extend this to ethics as well. We have a general belief in reciprocity-I […]
A few years ago my husband and I took our youngest granddaughter for a walk by the Mississippi River. She loved watching the boats go by and feeding the ducks. As we finished our walk and headed to the car, she realized that we were very close to the John Deere Pavilion. She loves going […]
Growing up I loved being a red-head. Not really confident in my looks, I felt my red hair made me special. There are not that many red-heads around. One of my sisters was a brunette and the other a dark blonde. When we met people I would be the one they would notice first because […]
Dr. Randy Lovelace did the physical testing for NASA to help with the selection of the Mercury astronauts. His vision went much beyond just getting a man into orbit around the earth. He thought someday we would have space stations orbiting the earth where science research could be done. If that should happen, women would […]
When I was 54 years old I was diagnosed with a very aggressive and advanced stage of breast cancer. My doctor said I had only a small chance of still being alive in ten years. Ten years – that would put me into retirement age. At that time I planned to retire at age 62. […]
After a quick drive through Bay View Michigan where we discovered beautiful Victorian houses, we learned this community was part of the Chautauqua movement from the late 1800’s. Although the movement slowly died out in the 1920’s this community has remained active from its founding in 1875. Always interested in our country’s history I have […]
I was born in southern Illinois but much of my adult life has been spent in northern Illinois. Everywhere I have gone people ask me where in the South I was born. Most guess Tennessee, Kentucky or even Mississippi. Often I have been told that I have a “southern twang” – whatever that means. My […]
