Through His Strength, For His Glory
When words begin to form in my head, I have to write them down or I forget them. Knowing this, I just spent the last hour or more writing down the words that were bouncing around in my head. What I didn’t do was save those words and now they have just disappeared. Hopefully, this shortened version of the thought… Read More
Rare is the occasion when I can sing, Blessed Be Your Name, and not cry. I first heard that song the year I met J. J was two when we met him. To help his grandmother, and because I fell in love with him almost immediately, we kept him at our house when she would travel for work. Sometimes it… Read More
Hanging in the far end of the library where I work is a unicorn made of plastic wrap and packing tape. Surrounding it are three giant flowers made of butcher paper. Why? Because otherwise it is a huge, ugly, blank spaces. When the school year started, I asked the art teacher if she and her students could decorate that space…. Read More
One look at the gorgeous Calico kitten and I was in love. We didn’t need another animal, but I just could not get this kitten off my mind. Eventually the cuteness factor won’t us over and we added Callie to our home. Yes, I understand her name shows no creativity but she really is a Callie all the way. At… Read More
Pain and Joy Christmas and waiting are linked together in multiple ways. We wait in Advent to celebrate the birth of our Savior. We wait with great expectation for a break in our normal routine. We wait in lines to purchase gifts that we hope will bring joy to those who receive them. We are all eagerly waiting for the… Read More