by Deanna Young | Dec 24, 2018 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
No ultrasound. No due date. No delivery room. No prenatal care. No birthing classes. What was Mary thinking as she walked the long dirt road to a town miles away from her home and her own mother, not knowing when this baby she was carrying would be born? Can you...
by Deanna Young | Dec 16, 2018 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Normal. What is normal? Normal means something different to everyone. If you grew up in a military family, moving from state to state your whole life, then going to different schools and constantly making new friends was your normal. My normal was going to the same...
by Deanna Young | May 4, 2017 | Hopeful Hearts, Uncategorized
*Reprinted from 2014. I love umbrellas and rain boots and thought today was a good day to re-read this blog from 2014. 🙂 My husband is the little meteorologist in our family. Since he farms and his livelihood depends a lot on the weather, he is checking for rain...
by Deanna Young | Feb 3, 2017 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Reprinted from Extra Hot Fudge Please. *I love the message and the peace God gave to me on the day I wrote this in 2014. I hope you don’t mind me sharing it again. The other day I was driving to work down a side road and there were baby calves running and...
by Deanna Young | Oct 12, 2016 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
SMILE if you remember these? I used to love my little xylophone. As a toddler it was just about banging on the metal pieces because it made a sound. As a young child it became about trying to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. As I grew older and the bent metal...
by Deanna Young | Oct 5, 2016 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
The balloons are released at the start of the 5K. Up, Up and Away!! The airplane taxis down the runway and slowly ascends to the skies to a tropical destination. Up, Up and Away!! The tethers from the hot air balloon are released. Up, Up and Away!! My mind wanders...