Living in the Peace Zone
Last week my son-in-law, Larry, called me at about 10:30 p.m. one night, asking for prayer for Payton, my 10-year-old grandson. Larry and Staci were downstairs and heard a blood curdling scream coming from Payton. Realizing this was not an I’ve-had-a-nightmare-scream, they bounded three stairs at a time and made their way to Payton who,…
I love looking up the meaning of people’s names. In fact, as a gift to a group of women not long ago, I gave them each a card that included their name, the character quality of their name and a scripture verse that goes with their name, like those pictured here. In fact, I love…
How sweet it was to watch my granddaughter, Lexi, and her friend, Emma, reconnect last week after having been apart for several years. They knew each other from Seattle and then their families moved away — Emma’s family moved to Austin and Lexi’s to Frisco. I loved listening and watching them do what girls do….nails,…
Isn’t that what it’s all about? Living….really living this life we’ve been given — with all its many adventures. Laughing out loud in the midst of the good living and the tough-living-times. AND, most of all LOVING God, others AND ourselves. Sure, there’s plenty to complain and worry about but, seriously, why waste time, energy…
One of the greatest joys in life is to be a mother….to my own children AND to those God put into my life “to mother”. Nothing is so dear as the results of a hug or a word I shared with someone who needed that hug or word. There is something unique and special about…
On this Mother’s Day, I’m so thankful for my angel mom (on the right, Edna Pearl Wheat — she’s in heaven’s grandstands cheering me on), and my dear mother-in-law, Lydia Wuerch (still going strong at age 93) — two women that have been such amazing role models in faith and life, to me! Most importantly,…
Family rules. I saw this sign in my kids’ home, and I knew what I would post today. Family values. Those are their non-negotiables, and that’s what makes for a family who loves, shares and cares. VALUES — those specifics that define who we are and are the absolute non-negotiables in our lives. When God…
Time has a way of moving quickly and catching us unaware of the passing years. It seems just like yesterday that my husband, the FORE FATHER, and our young son were playing golf together. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I…
Last year this time, I was in Keukenhof, Holland at a beautiful Tulip Festival. At that festival they had a petting corral with lots of beautiful sheep, so well cared for and so well-protected in that confined area. In fact, you could easily call them “pampered” sheep. They live in green pastures and they are…