Hello, Friends! I love you, readers. You encourage me and humble me, and I don't take you for granted. Knowing that people take the time to read what I write in a world of full inboxes, twitter blasts and beautiful Instagram photos (which I LOVE by the way), knocks my socks off. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. And to show you my appreciation, I'm going to give away a pair of gorgeous leather earrings made by one of our daughters-in-law, Lindsay. She recently decided to go public … [Read more...]
Birds, Trees and Betty
Birds, and Trees and Betty Hello, Friends! I have a love/hate relationship with birds. And a definite hate relationship with scary movies. When I was little, I remember terrible nightmares that involved bad men from The Rifleman and screaming over and over in my head for my mom and dad, but being unable to wake up. It was horrible. And I still remember my terror all these years later. Then there was the anxiety and dread that washed over me whenever the theme song for the … [Read more...]
One Little Word That Will Teach Me…..Gather
One Little Word That Will Teach...Gather Are you a goal-setter? A List Maker? A reflect-back-over-the-year person? None of that comes naturally to me. Well, except for the reflecting part. I do like to try to learn from my experiences and the only way to do that is to take the time to evaluate what worked and what didn't. In general, I’m a BLUE personality type who is more prone to flying by the seat of my pants. I’m drawn to the “shiny thing over there” and o … [Read more...]
How to Be Married
Hello, Friends! Brad and I recently celebrated our 40th (WHAT?) wedding anniversary with a road trip to the Northeast. We had a wonderful time, saw LOTS of sights, and lengthened our list of places we want to visit again. We are crazy about Vermont and Maine and hope to return and spend more time in both of those states. (Well, I'm crazy about them and Brad really liked them, too.) Spending hours in the car together traveling 2700 miles in 9 days, with no hotel reservations, a Garmin, and … [Read more...]
God and Designer Clothes Part 2: How to Be a Friend
This is Part 2 in a series on my journey through Colossians this summer. I read this book over and over and over with fresh eyes, and Holy Spirit took me all kinds of places. Maybe the lessons He taught me will help you, too. You can catch up with the first post here: God and Designer Clothes Part 1 Coming quietly into the classroom to volunteer for the morning, I looked around with great interest at the adorable 1st graders seated on the floor in front of their teacher. Their … [Read more...]