Hopeful Hearts
The Fake One Just Doesn’t Cut It.
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...
Slow and Steady Does Not Always Win.
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...
Sniffle, Snort and Sob.
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 like a stuck...
I-What? I-When? Eye-Where?
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...
Make the Choice to Fly!
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 plan to swing...
Throw The Anchor!
Bill and Tom set out for another fishing adventure. High hopes were in the air that the fish were biting this time. These two had a reputation for returning home empty-handed from a day of fishing. But it didn't stop them from days of laughter and celebration of...
What’s Bugging You?
Alarm buzzes. Covers fly off. Mind starts roaring. I don't know about you but every day this seems to be the routine for the day. Why can I not stop thinking and stressing about what's coming next? Are you like that? It's almost like I wake up and think "now what...
Positive or Prickly?
OUCH! The prick of a cactus can draw blood in one touch of those nasty, little, sharp edges. They are dry and hard and prickly. (I don't know if that's really a word but that's the word that comes to my mind. Prickly.) On our recent trip to Arizona, we found these...
From the Cistern to the Cross
Do you know the story of Joseph and his brothers? Joseph's brothers were very jealous of him and they plotted to kill him, take the special coat his father gave him, dip it in blood, and tell their father a wild animal had attacked him. But Reuben, one of the...
