Today is my Mom’s 76th birthday. She doesn’t know it’s her birthday. She won’t be celebrating today. I can’t pick up the phone and wish her well. My brother will visit her, I’m sure, but she won’t recognize him. Mom has Alzheimer’s. I’ve written about Mom and this disease on Mother’s Day and Alzheimer’s Action Day and [...]
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Happy Birthday, Mom!
November 6, 2011Thank you Thursday
November 3, 2011Sometimes, I need reminders that thankfulness can be for the most ordinary of things. Last night, I watched a recording of NBC news anchor Brian Williams’ new show, Rock Center. The very first segment was about Williston, North Dakota, a town in the middle of an oil-driven economic boom. Among the success stories, correspondent Harry Smith [...]
Sunday Service – Sweet Autumn Project
September 25, 2011It seems hard to believe, but the first day of Autumn has come and gone. As the weather cools, we’re putting away our summer clothes, and taking warmer clothes out of storage. We’ll be sitching from lightweight bed linens to warmer ones. We’ll also begin planning and shopping for Halloween and Thanksgiving; some over achievers will soon [...]
Be God-like? Really?
August 3, 2011Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children. Ephesians 5:1 Throughout the Bible, there is instruction and direction for people to become God-like. It can be pretty overwhelming to strive for what is seen as pure, sinless, perfect. Me? Be like God? Really? This past week, my husband and I visited a newly rebuilt local church. [...]
Book review: The Little Red Book of Wisdom
July 25, 2011The Little Red Book of Wisdom; (revised edition) by Mark DeMoss and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2011 (original published in 2007) My personal book preference is one that uses real life stories that I can relate to, introducing them with an interesting approach and sharing positive outcomes and impacts; stirring in some inspirational nuggets that are easy [...]
What possibilities are being created in you?
July 9, 2011Today. This moment. You are filled with possibilities. Are you paying attention to them? I am honored to be published once again on Geoff Talbot‘s creative expression blog, Seven Sentences. I invite you to read my post, “What Possibilities Are Being Created In You?” and comment on Geoff’s site. I hope that you are always being fully [...]
Thank you Thursday
June 30, 2011If you have visited before, you know I love books, I love positivity, I love inspiration. When I am in a store, any store, with a book section, I am drawn to it like ants to a picnic. Rows and rows of books are a feast to me! Imagine my reaction, then, when I spotted a [...]
Thank you Thursday
June 16, 2011Sometimes, you just have to laugh. I mean really laugh. From the belly. The kind of laughter that quakes your entire body, leaves tears in your eyes, and keeps you thinking about the sillilness at hand even several hours later. Today, I am thankful for the people in my life I share laughter with. Scientists can’t definitively [...]
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