A Letter to My Father
Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of my father’s passing. I remember dreaming that Daddy died several years before he actually did. The dream came long before the cancer diagnosis, before…
gratitude
Don’t Let Anything Steal Your Joy
Joy springs from a grateful heart, but there are two things that will snuff out gratitude faster than blowing out a candle. We must vigilantly guard against both if we…
Want to Have a Happy Home?
Martha Washington showed great insight on what it takes to build a happy home. She maintained, “The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstance.” And…
They Won’t Know It Till You Show It
Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving, from my home to yours…. As you count your blessings today, take time to tell those living, breathing blessings in your life how much…
Mixed Blessings
We find ourselves dealing with lots of mixed blessings this year as our lives took yet another unexpected turn on the day before Thanksgiving this year when our excessively thirsty…
Show Some Appreciation
As soon as my husband made it to work yesterday morning, he called home to say that he’d broken his glasses and could I please bring him his back-up pair?…