I have been pondering what to write this week… or perhaps how to write… after reading an inspiring post by Elizabeth Foss on the MotherHeart blog.* Elizabeth wrote about fear and trust and leaving a legacy to her children of overcoming fears of various kinds. When I was very young,
By Sheryl Young – At some time or another, each of us might struggle with an unfulfilled dream, an empty nest, wayward children, or life just seeming to pass by. We put on happy faces and pretend we have it all together. But inside, we may feel one or more
By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert – Valuing your spirit requires you to connect to your spiritual journey and recognize the element of time. Specifically, you will need to rethink your approach to time in the context of how you care for yourself and how you manifest your spirituality
This is a follow-up to Monday’s post about “cutting back on crazy.” Is there something that can help us cut back on crazy in our often-hectic family lives? I once heard Tim Keller preach a sermon on giving up old habits. He spoke about the idea of trading up to
“Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.” Martin Luther One of my very favorite verses is Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (NKJV) I love taking verses apart and finding the definitions
Did you know that the worlds of aviation, engineering, and healthcare can teach us about our marriages? They can teach us how to improve our marriage outcomes. How? These three fields can bring huge benefits to people’s lives, but the opposite is also true. When things go wrong, they go wrong
Discipline is a challenging word when your life changes in a blink of an eye. My mother lived with us for four years and even prior to that I spoke to her just about every single day of my life. She passed away on February 23rd and I must discipline
She had a twinkle in her eye and she stood as close to me as possible. Even though she couldn’t speak, we communicated. She loved to hold my hand and in my mind’s eye I can still see her looking up at me. I have a precious picture I treasure
By Lynn Mosher – We live in an older neighborhood. It’s your average-middle-class-built-in-the-’70s-typical-ranch-at-the-end-of-a-quiet-cul-de-sac kind of house. The houses sit fairly close together, so our side-door window and kitchen window overlook our driveway and the neighbor’s side and back yards. Standing as a wall of separation along the edge of the
By Sandy Abell, MS, LPC, ACC – When I was a new therapist in a social service agency, I had the degree and license to help people, but I struggled with the image of myself in this daunting role. I knew my job was to support people as they worked
By Heidi McLaughlin – Giorgio perfume was the craze of the mid eighties. The perfume manufacturer was savvy in its marketing techniques and only produced small quantities at a time. This kept the consumer wanting, fantasizing, yearning and waiting. I was one of them crazed consumers. Every time I caught
By Amy Layne Litzelman – “You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know Me, believe Me and remain steadfast to Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.” – (Isaiah
By Lynn Baber – Do you ever get distracted? Is multi-tasking more difficult than it used to be? I used to believe there was some limitation on what could distract me. Unfortunately, I have discovered that my little mind can be far more creative than I ever thought possible. Have
By Deb DeArmond – While my parents made a comfortable living, they were not beyond middle class. College for my brother required an annual visit to the banker to borrow for the academic year, paying it off in July and borrowing again in August. They made sure I had absolutely
By Nancie Carmichael – “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child…” –Forest Witcraft
By Rita Schulte – Have you ever felt lost and alone? Ever asked yourself where God is during those dark nights of the soul? It seems like the universal problem we face with God doesn’t it? We don’t feel his presence as we face the battles of life, so we
Every so often, and maybe a whole lot, as a mom I have to stop and ask myself: “Who is driving this thing?” Because I get caught up. I get caught up in crazy. If you’re a mom, I think you know exactly what I’m talking about and I
One weekend I was enjoying my grandchildren and marveling at how God is answering prayer in their lives. One of them said to me; “Meme, God has been giving me signs all along, I just didn’t recognize them”! One of the ways he was able to see what God was
In the kitchen, there has been a handful of apple mint steeping in boiling water in my favorite “everyday” teapot. The red teakettle and the yellow teapot and the slightly dried apple mint leaves from my garden (dried only because they were sitting for two days awaiting their turn at
Postmaster Bob, in charge of undeliverable mail, received an envelope addressed to “God,” written in very shaky penmanship. Bob curiously opened the letter and read: “Dear God, its Ruth. As I’m sure you know I’m 84 years old and I recently lost my purse and any money that I had.
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