Homeward Bound — Bentley’s Incredible Journey
A saying goes: “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”. That is correct except that the beholder may not be able to physically see. On the other hand, I know some incredible sight-impaired people who see with their heart. I think that’s called their 6th sense. In the case of our precious 14-years-old Bentley,…
Welcome June and Welcome the Little Things!
I knew it was Memorial Day but I checked online to see if Eyemart was open. YES – they are – 9 am to 7 pm. My glasses needed adjustments, so I headed out on the 10 minutes’ drive to get there. When I pulled into the parking lot, I could see the store was…
Happy Birthday, Church!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Today is Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the Church. So, it is YOUR BIRTHDAY, because YOU ARE the Church going and coming. Pentecost Sunday (50 days after Easter) commemorates the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and those in the Upper Room. Pentecost fulfills Jesus’ promise when He…
Unlimited Possibilities
This handsome young man is my godson, Owen Thomas Anderson. To say I am blessed to be his godmother, puts it mildly. A significant milestone for him took place last Friday night when he graduated from Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, OK. I made it a point to be there to witness it and…
Up Up & Away
We have been in the Easter season up until today, May 18th, which is notably called “Ascension Thursday”! It has been 40-days since Jesus was raised from the dead and eyewitnesses saw Him showing up to give them His “famous last words”. Acts 1:3 verifies it: “After His suffering, He presented Himself to them and…
Happy Mother’s Day to the Sisterhood!
Happy Mother’s Day to the Sisterhood! A few days ago I spoke about the verb and action-word, mother or mothering, and how we can all (men and women) be participants in encouraging, supporting and loving others. I checked out the history of this day. Anna Jarvis, who had no children of her own, conceived Mother’s…
Born to Live this Life
Remember the line by Mother Abbess to Maria in the epic movie “The Sound of Music”? “Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You must face them. You must live the life you were born to live.” Such words of wisdom: “We must live the life we were born to live.” In…
The Power of Words
New signs were placed on my grandson’s Regent’s baseball field backstop this year. I was pleased to see those words. They were placed on the visitor’s seating side and on our side. “WE ARE TO BE SALT AND LIGHT! Do not talk “at” or “about” other players, fans, officials, or parents!” The signs apparently made…
Bent Out of Shape
When I’ve watched the “America’s Got Talent” TV show, without fail, there is always a contortionist who can bend their limbs every which way. I grimace and can hardly watch them. Literally, we can say: “They are all bent out of shape!” Sometimes, we experience aches and pains and laugh about it. Maybe you’ve heard…
Just Not Feeling It
We may be in a room with people who are quite perky, talkative, and beaming like the sun. In fact, they are so doggone happy that they may annoy us! After all, we may be carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders and their high-spirits and cheeriness is rubbing us the wrong way!…