As a grandma of six young children, I am always being brought into their world of what they find fascinating. Sometimes, I’m not quick on the uptake—especially with the older two—but when it is…

If you have lived on this earth for even a short while, you have probably asked, or have been asked the question, “Are you listening to me?” From a child to a parent or…

One thing I love about living in a home that is surrounded by woods is that there is a wonderful quiet that blankets us just about all the time. In the distance we can…

I used to be afraid to fly. The sudden little bumps in the air and the strange noises from the belly of the plane used to unnerve me. That all suddenly changed on a…

I never thought I was a judgemental person until I was judged. It seemingly came out of nowhere. Making an innocent statement one minute, I was corrected and critiqued the next. And boy, did…

Our sweet dog, Samantha, is fifteen years old. A Miniature Schnauzer with personality galore, she has watched for our safety and stolen our hearts in ways that are hard to imagine. Funny, cute, and…

Dust and ashes, is not a catch phrase in our 21st century vocabulary. If you dropped those two words into today’s contemporary culture, some might recognize them as part of a lyric, and others,…

For many of us these past months have been full of gray skies and tenuous news. Tumultuous storms—tornadoes, fires, hurricanes, avalanches, and mudslides, just to name a few—have pummeled our landscape. The national and…

Looking back on my life, through sweet moments and ones that weren’t, I can see the Lord has always been with me. Not one thing happened—either by the choices I made, or by what…