I often get gifts from friends or family members because it is my birthday, or Mother’s Day or Christmas. While I always appreciate that someone thought of me, remembered my special day and took time to purchase something for me, the best gift I just received this week was for no special day. The person […]
When I was a child I was very shy, found it difficult to engage in conversation except with family and very close friends. While I had my own opinions, I was reluctant to ever state them or enter into any discussion where people were debating different viewpoints. Somewhere along the line I changed. Looking back […]
Although it has been years ago, I still remember the day when I heard I was going to be a mother. What excitement as my husband and I began planning for this addition to our family. I read books on child care. We began shopping for a crib, a baby bed, and tried to decide […]
Beautiful music – beautiful pictures – great encouraging message! FULL OF ROSES INSPIRATIONALS As Christians we need to encourage one another to keep going! As to win the race! Together we can! Press on! View original post
One story my husband hates for me to tell – but I get such fun out of telling is the Sunday a visitor showed up at church. My husband loved to get out of the office and into the community. He felt just sitting at a desk all week was not the best way to be […]
Memories! Every year when fall comes and I see the kids going off to school, my mind goes back to the day my first born went to kindergarten – and I have to smile! It was a bittersweet moment years ago, but I still remember as if it were yesterday – the day my first […]
Christmas! What a magical time! We decorate our homes with trees, candles, wreaths. We put out a nativity set and hang up an angel or two. We plan gatherings with family and friends where there will be presents and lots of delicious food to eat. Everything is so neat and tidy – so beautiful. It’s […]
We see all these pictures of that jolly old man in a red suit. But do we know – or do we tell our children of the “real” Santa Claus? Grandma’s Ramblings Today I am sharing a great post from persecutionblog.com Great article on the REAL Santa Claus Many American children are looking forward to […]
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 […]
Laughing at how much I ook like my Dad with my bald head! This month I celebrate 20 years cancer free! I am so thankful to God that I am still here – a cancer survivor! I think of all the things I would have missed: Wedding and graduations of many of my grandchildren Seeing […]
Philippians 2:5-11 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance […] […]
Remember the fairy tale where the wicked stepmother would ask: Last Sunday in church the speaker taught from the book of James where James wrote: Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone […]
As election time draws near, I often wonder what the founders of our nation would think about the people we have become. The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are a gift of God….Thomas Jefferson (This […]
As my husband and I age, we find we are no longer able to be as active as we once were. For years my husband was a pastor and I worked alongside him teaching Bible classes, playing for worship and all the many tasks that come with serving a community of Christians. This year I […]
