I recently wrote on the thought of being blessed. Are You Blessed? Our idea of being blessed of God often only looks at the physical or material aspects. A nice home, a good marriage, a great job. While these ARE blessings of God for which we should be thankful, the Bible is clear these kind […]
It’s Fall! My favorite time of year. This year I am experiencing Fall in a new home in a new town in a new state. Talk about change! And I think I have moved to the perfect location to see all the beauty that God creates for us in the Fall. Let’s hear it for […]
You never know what treasures you will find when you get off the interstate and roam down country roads. When my husband and I first moved to Michigan three years ago we found a beautiful old church in the small town of Muir. Passing through the town on the main road you would never see […]
Check out the Africa Mercy Ship. It is amazing the people who have dedicated their lives to helping those in desperate need of medical attention. I never thought I would love to hear the doctor say I tested positive for the flu. It started one evening with a very sore throat and a dry cough.. […]
I love the old Christmas carols that I grew up singing and listening to on the radio and at church. But a couple of trees ago a new carol was written. To me, it is one of the best conveyors of the Christmas story. Hope Has a Name. Hope you enjoy it!
Seven years – but I still remember that call. Love you Keith! You live on in our memories. Grandma’s Ramblings It has been four years since we got that call – but the memory is still fresh in our minds. After that phone call I stopped blogging for several months. But finally, I realized that […]
On our last road trip of 2019 we headed to the top of the lower peninsula of Michigan to see the beautiful fall trees. Just outside Traverse City we came across a beautiful little community with huge Victorian houses. They were so picturesque we had to take time to drive through the community. From the […]
Moving from a metropolitan area to a small town I thought I would miss the great musical opportunities I had in the Quad Cities. My husband and I had season tickets to the Quad City Symphony and we enjoyed excellent music with well-known guest artists. But recently I discovered great music can be found anywhere. […]
November 4, 2002 – Call from doctor – biopsy shows I have cancer. November 14, 2002 – Surgeon tells me after surgery that the cancer was very advanced and I will definitely need chemo and radiation. November 27, 2002 – Doctor tells me the odds are not in my favor. He says chances are slim […]
This past weekend I held my great-grandson in my arms for the first time. He is just seven months old and lives with his parents in North Carolina – much too far away from this great-grandmother. This triggered so many memories and emotions. The overwhelming and instant love I felt when they placed his grandmother […]
These thoughts are not my own – I am sharing the message my pastor gave us this week. She told us that if we make $37,000 a year we are in the ranks of the rich when compared to the rest of the world’s population. Then she listed the “rich” people problems we face all […]
I have been “death cleaning” but did not realize it! Over the years I have watched my friends fret as they anticipated turning 30, 40, 50 or 60. I never understood why they got so up tight. To me those milestones were just another birthday. But this spring I turn 70 and that is a […]
Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets. One that I really love is “The Road Not Taken.” I feel the lastpart of that poem in many ways sums up my life. Many times, I think I have taken the “one less traveled by.”
My daughter recently spent several weeks in Sierra Leone tutoring the child of a missionary family that was returning to the states for a year and wanted to make sure their daughter was prepared for school in the USA. My six-year-old granddaughter accompanied her mother on this trip. It was a great opportunity for my […]
