Agreeing

When did it become necessary for us to agree with each other in order for us to love each other? Is there any reason why we can’t be patient, kind, humble, caring, generous, thoughtful, compassionate and considerate with those who don’t have our same belief systems without the anger, frustration and hatefulness that we constantly […]

Patience

A friend stops by requesting assistance with their car, the phone rings with a family member requiring immediate attention to some personal dilemma, the kids are fighting over who hit who first, dinner hasn’t even been started and tomorrow’s blog doesn’t even have the first word on the page…. The situations may be different, but […]

Candy Corn is Evil

This past weekend I had a love/hate relationship with candy corn. It was an affair that started out making me feel decadent, but ended up controlling me and compelling me do things I wouldn’t normally do…like want to lie to my husband about who was eating the candy corn! (I didn’t lie, but I sure […]

The GEMS We Leave Behind

“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” John 7:38 What color of water flows from your heart?  Is it clear and bright?  Or is it dark and murky? More to the point, if you died today, will others have been blessed because you […]

Friendship

Lately, I’ve been inundated with the good, great and uglies of friendship.  I hadn’t given the subject much thought until I started to recognize the importance of this relationship that I’ve long taken for granted. For example, a friend of mine went on a cruise with friends she’s had since grade school – GOOD!  Then […]

Kids and Christmas

When I think of teaching my two sons about what Christmas is truly all about, I start to shake in my boots!  (Cute, brown, leather five-inchers from Nordstrom would be preferable!) Me and kids and Christmas?  AND I have to teach something??  You must be kidding. Teaching children is not one of my gifts.  Craftiness […]

The Weight of the Holidays….

Who wants to think about their waste-line when the holidays roll around?  Not me.  I’d rather indulge in some eggnog, sift through the box of chocolates and gorge myself on a variety of cake bites my sister introduced to me last year!  Hmmm.  Probably not the best of ideas. Every year as the weather cools down; […]