Do you know someone who doesn’t complain? It’s not me, and it’s few people I know. Someone in my life seldom – if ever complains. He is happy with little; seldom requests extra things; is happy with whatever food is put in front of him (and eats it!) and with few exceptions ever even […]
What are WE COMPLAINING about?!?!? (WOW! Write On Wednesday! Read in 2 minutes) Read More »
Visiting a dear elderly friend who has short term memory issues (likely dementia/Alzheimer’s) recently was a little challenging because I’m pretty sure she repeated the same thought and story in one way or another 50 times in our hour visit. I know her mind, her brain, is in a groove she can’t get out of.
Brain Groove – WOW! (Write On Wednesday!) Takes 2 minutes to read! Read More »
I love social media – connecting with others…but that is at one level. At another level, I miss out on real “face to face” encounters. Even in the “face to face” moments, though very important, I’m seeing that most people still miss a very important ingredient. I call that the
If we’ve heard this phrase once, we’ve heard it a million times. Usually it’s a husband or wife who wants out of their marriage. We have, however, heard it from people not happy in their jobs, their family, their church, their neighborhood, etc. You get the picture. Joe and I have read the bible a
“GOD JUST WANTS ME TO BE HAPPY” (WOW! Write On Wednesday takes @ 2 minutes to read) Read More »
Personally, I have only wonderful, happy, kind, sweet, lovely, and thoughtful words that make their way from my head and heart to my mouth. It’s my evil twin who seems to have some difficulties! Sometimes she says things she regrets; sometimes things just slip out – things she says she didn’t mean, and sometimes she
MY EVIL TWIN (WOW! Write On Wednesday! Takes <2.5 minutes to read) Read More »
These flowers are from my garden. I grew them. I watered them. And for a short time, they bloomed and yielded beautiful flowers to personally enjoy and give to others. I don’t have a particularly green thumb; admittedly it rained more than I watered them, but none the less, they got the nourishment they
WHAT GETS FED – WILL GROW (WOW! Write On Wednesday: Takes < 2 min.to read.) Read More »
“You are like an oak but God is making you into a willow.” Not the words a young wife and mom would welcome hearing from their mother-in-law. But indeed, my mother-in-law (whom I loved) was right. I have a strong constitution; I know what I believe and I stand firm in it, and I know
I SURRENDER vs. I QUIT (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! Takes < 2 minutes to read.) Read More »
None of us is perfect; and I suppose to some extent we’re all hypocrites. If we had to be perfect to go to church, churches would be empty. Yet what keeps the Christians from being hypocritical is admitting our sin and then doing something about it. Doing something about it is called repentance – turning
HYPOCRITES (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! takes < 2 minutes to read) Read More »
Not everyone agrees with everything we do. I’ve come to take things people say and put it through the filter of: “Is what they are saying to me about my sin or are they sharing their opinion?” That keeps me focused. I hear what they say and pray about it; if it’s a sin that
IS IT ABOUT MY SIN OR YOUR OPINION? (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! Takes < 2 min. to read) Read More »
Early in my teaching career and as a new Christian, I made it a habit to pray for patience – especially because I was experiencing some challenges teaching high school aged kids. Interestingly, some of the tougher kids just kept getting testier….until one day: My boyfriend (now my husband, Joe) gently stopped me as we
Don’t Pray for Patience…. (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! takes 2 minutes to read) Read More »