I sit on my back deck on a pleasantly cool October morning. I’m bundled in a furry bathrobe and warm socks. I hold a mug of steaming hot coffee in my hand. I hear a few birds singing and a dog barking in the far distance. I feel a light breeze and hear the rustle of the wind in the trees. The hummingbirds left a … Continue reading A Time for Everything
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven….A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. (Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 6) I am healing. My mind, body and spirit are rejuvenated. As I sit alone on the porch of my high school friend’s house on Lake Athens, Texas, I … Continue reading Reflections on a Lake
The other day Papa, Breezy, and I were riding down a rode that had a perfect view of a beautiful blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Breezy asked, ” Do angels jump from cloud to cloud in the sky?” “Yes,” I answered without pausing, although I hadn’t expected this line of questioning. ” But what if they fall through to the blue part?” ” Oh … Continue reading Angels sweet angels
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard I have always been a pray-er. My mother used to come sit on my bed when I was a child and listen to my nightly prayers. While I don’t remember this particular prayer, my mother loves to tell the story of my thanking God for milk and chocolate milk. I believe whole-heartedly … Continue reading Be Careful What You Pray For
“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared. (Exodus 23: 20) Five years ago a doctor came into ICU and told my older sister, 57 at the time, he didn’t expect her to live through the night with her ruptured intestine; her body was septic. He gave her a few … Continue reading A brush with death
Tower of Twins 