by Deanna Young | Aug 9, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Sparkling Smile. Not a hair out of place. Makeup looking professional. Dressed in designer clothes. Kids could be junior models. Husband holding you close in affection. Background of pix looks like it came straight out of Beautiful Home Today. Cheeeeeese. SNAP. All...
by Deanna Young | Jul 29, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Molly. Felicity. Josefina. Kirsten. Kit. Addy. American Girl® Dolls. These were the names of some of the first American Girl dolls that I remember. Our daughter, Morgan, loved her Molly doll. She took her everywhere. She slept with her, watched TV with her and...
by Deanna Young | Jul 19, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
There he was in the middle of the road. Neck stretched like a toe in a pair of pantyhose. His four short, stubby legs carrying that hard shell across the heated blacktop. Slow and steady. I drove on the other side of the road to avoid him. I looked in my rear view...
by Deanna Young | Jun 1, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
Have you ever cried? I mean really cried. Hard core, loud, let-it-all-out, ugly kind of cry? The kind where you think “I’m not going to cry until later” and then one little tear escapes out of the corner of your eye; the lump in your throat feels...
by Deanna Young | May 10, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
iPad. iPod. iPhone. Mac. Dell. Thinkpad. Google. Yahoo!. Firefox. All this technology makes my head spin. But it also makes my vision blurry. Do your eyes ever get tired and burn with blurred vision from staring at a screen too long? If you think about it, our eyes...
by Deanna Young | May 3, 2019 | devotional, Hopeful Hearts, inspirational, motivational, spiritual
It’s morning. I can hit the snooze or get up now. I can eat a donut or fix some protein-filled eggs. I can read my Bible or watch an episode on Netflix. I can get to work on time or be a “usual” 10 minutes late. I can lay out something for dinner or...
