As I approach the final chapters of my life and look back at the earlier chapters, I realize the big flaw (do I dare call it sin) in my life has been my tendency to speak before I think. Many times my motives have been good. I’m the kind of person who likes to fix […]
Today is Zoe’s 8th birthday. What joy she brings to me. So happy birthday Zoe – posting this again because you make me laugh! Grandma’s Ramblings Love playing school with my granddaughter. Although we have to play by her rules. She tells me what character I will be – and she tells me what I […]
As Father’s Day comes around again – this post from two years ago still means so much to me. My little granddaughter’s confidence in her Daddy speaks well of him – but is also a reminder of God’s love for me. Grandma’s Ramblings My daughter recently spent several weeks in Sierra Leone tutoring the child […]
I have never been one to make New Year resolutions. My experience has been that most New Year resolutions are broken before the first week in January is over. But this year is different. As 2014 came to an end, I found in my spirit that there were areas in my life I needed, with […]
A new year! As we look back at 2015, hopefully we all can say “It’s been a good year.” Whether the year was a good one for you or not so good, we probably all can think of events that we would have handled differently if we could do it over. Times when we wish […]
After moving to Michigan in October we have tried to do some sightseeing. However, cold weather is limiting that right now. Last weekend we had a beautiful sunshiny day so we took off on another adventure. We had no definite destination – just heading east and seeing what the day brought. Our first stop was […]
I am a history nut! That is, American history. My library is full of biographies of presidents, secretaries of state, senators – the players in our country’s political life. As I read of our country’s past, it is interesting to note that much of our current political events are really not new. Attempts to destroy […]
Recently our youngest granddaughter had a sleepover with us. We took her to a children’s museum. On the way home we started playing a game we had played with our children when they were little to pass the time on a road trip. My husband started by saying “I’m going on a picnic and I’m […]
That time has come! That time when I realize that I do not want to spend the last years of my life dusting all the “stuff” I have accumulated over the years. That time when I realize I do not want to spend the last years of my life cleaning floors in rooms I no […]
Recently our youngest granddaughter had a sleepover with us. We took her to a children’s museum. On the way home we started playing a game we had played with our children when they were little to pass the time on a road trip. My husband started by saying “I’m going on a picnic and I’m […]
So excited! As a lover of American history – both its good and its bad history – I have found that there is a wealth of history on the Underground Railroad in the state where I recently became a resident. I recently wrote a couple of blogs about statues of African-Americans in the USA. Crispus […]
I have been posting each Friday on one of the old hymns/gospel songs of the church. The hymn selected this week is very appropriate as we are in the Lent season looking forward to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. Almost every hymnal published in the last 50 years or so has this song in its […]
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning when I woke up I posted a verse from the Psalms: This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Since we could not go to church I was thinking that I could complain about the restrictions right now with […]
Walking with Jesus as my friend and redeemer for many years, I found Him faithful in every circumstance. Yet, I must confess, sometimes when things get difficult I seem to forget His faithfulness and start worrying. Recently, thinking about this I thought my reaction really depends on where I stand in my relationship to Him. […]
