Several years ago my daughter brought me a book of poems and reflections on growing old. When she gave it to me she assured me she did not think I was old – but she thought I would enjoy looking at my mother’s world (since my mother was old). Too quickly the years have passed. […]
As I age, I am battling “Old Man Arthritis.” Some days when I get out of bed I can hardly walk. After a trip to the bathroom and then to the kitchen for my cup of coffee (which my husband always has ready for me), I began to lose some of the stiffness and I am […]
My husband and I continue our Scrabble addiction (Confessions of a Scrabble Addict). We played 26 games in January and ended in a tie – 13 games each. For February we have played a game every day (it’s been bitter cold outside – so what can you do?) and we are still tied at 14 […]
Growing up as a Christian I have met people who did not accept the Bible or have any belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. While I have never agreed with them, I can understand how someone might reject the Gospel. A Muslim, a Hindu, a Buddhist or simply an atheist might reject […]
I must confess that I am constantly looking for new words to use in a game. When I read a book I am on the outlook for new words. As I glance through a magazine, my eyes just seem to latch on to new words in the articles or the advertisements. During the commercials when […]
What a great feast we had at Thanksgiving! Turkey, dressing, scalloped potatoes, corn, sugared carrots, salad, homemade bread, and of course, pumpkin pie. After our Thanksgiving meal we had so much turkey left over, we cut it up and made soup with noodles and chicken broth. It was delicious and we used up our left over […]
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee. Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff, and brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail. Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail. Noble […]
I recently wrote about Moving On and Cleaning House where I shared that I was ending a life time of teaching and assigning my years of notes to the recycle bin. Before I could get the waste can out to the recycle bin in the garage, a young woman who teaches and preaches asked me to […]
When I was a young girl just learning to read, my primary storybook was the Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible for Young and Old. Originally published in 1904 it was the complete Bible story including the Old Testament and the New Testament. Unlike most of today’s Bible Storybooks for children, this book was a continuous narrative of the […]
He was born in a West African country. His mother died shortly after his birth. Grandmother brought him and his twin sister to an orphanage seeking help when she could no longer take care of them. That is how he came into our lives. What hopes and dreams we had as we began to support our daughter […]
What happens when you take an American teenager away from her comfortable home and set her down in a totally unfamiliar environment? That was the question my husband and I faced when our youngest daughter was 15. We had a chance to move to the Philippines and teach at a local Bible school in Iloilo City. While we […]
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 […]
Recently I shared in Words to Build a Life On how I have found the Bible a source of strength and hope in difficult times. As I begin a new year, I have been thinking about those verses that have been so meaningful to me. John 3:16 – For this is how God loved the […]
He was 15 when he came into my life. A young widow with two young daughters, I knew nothing about raising little boys and certainly nothing about raising teenage boys. But when I married my husband we had an agreement: Take me – take my kids! We started our journey together as friends. He had […]
