At 55 I found myself alone, my life seemingly without purpose. As a single mom for many years, just keeping myself and my four sons …
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The Color of Contentment
How do we achieve contentment? People have asked this question since the beginning of time. Families that live in mansions are sometimes miserable, while the …
Read More »What the Birds Teach
I pulled my eyes away from the computer screen and looked out the window at the birds and squirrels. They were at it again. Two …
Read More »My Writing Journey
I’ve had an interest in the craft of writing since high school. I even took a test for a correspondence course decades ago and kept …
Read More »A Penny for Your Thoughts
It is my privilege, once in a while, to take my four-year-old granddaughter for a walk. Penelope Rose is the adopted Down Syndrome child of …
Read More »Our New Home
Dear God: I can’t believe it, Father. After all these years, you have given us a home of our very own! The paperwork went through, …
Read More »Are You Trustworthy?
If you think your kids were born with an innate sense that they should trust you blindly, you are dead wrong. How you treat your …
Read More »A Cheerful Heart
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22). The verbal picture was hilarious and brought knee-slapping laughter …
Read More »Like a River
Dear God: For decades, I’ve sung, “I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in …
Read More »Confession
Dear God: Father, I’ve chosen tomorrow as the day I’m going to find Glen and make my confession. I’m so ashamed. Five years ago, I …
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