Because of Grace we Press On
Well … here we are. Monday. After a weekend. After a holiday. After. After. OK stop! It’s tough, isn’t it? We’ve just been through a month of anticipation, weeks of excitement, days of planning, and hours of celebration with people we love, all special moments etched in our memories. Maybe you’re glad it’s over and … Read more
I’m not sure why, but I can’t enter a Christmas season without celebrating the Peanuts gang and Charlie Brown! I learned a life lesson from a cartoon awhile back – remember Lucy and Linus? Let’s observe Lucy today and come back tomorrow when we talk about Linus. Who would think that attending the production of … Read more
You’ll never regret being kind. Does anyone remember traveling in the south and reading road signs that spelled out an entire sentence strung together in incremental words? Or maybe they advertised Berma Shave and Ipana Toothpaste. I haven’t traveled outside of Michigan to the south for several years so those signs might have been uprooted … Read more
Can we start over at the gateway to summer? In June, didn’t we all feel like we were on a mission to enjoy the days of summer? How successfully did that mission progress? The countdown has begun. Mom’s everywhere are on the fence with this one. On one side, the return to structure, a time … Read more
Children have it made, don’t they? No schedule, no job, no financial responsibility – just play all day, eat meals served up by someone else, carefree and leisurely … It’s tough being a child. You don’t agree with me, do you? Last night I had the privilege of remembering what it was like to be … Read more
I hear there is rain in the forecast; or is it snow? It’s April, after all. But that means cloudy and overcast, not much sun but what does that mean? Cloudy outside and a great opportunity to be sunny inside. Awhile back I wrote about how a candle shines brightest when the room is darkest. … Read more
Tell it to someone who cares. How often have your heard those words spoken? How often were they intended to warm your heart and give you confidence? Right! Most of the time, when you hear, “Tell it to someone who cares.” the literal meaning is, “Nobody cares.” It hurts when nobody cares, especially when we’re … Read more