Plenty of Room at the Table — We Have Leaves!
Ever wonder why the extensions on a table are called “leaves”? I wondered that last week when my sis and I were selling three tables with leaves at our estate sale. We wondered “Why do they call them ‘leaves’? My word for today is “leaves” — and I had to do some searching to find…
God Help Me! My Routine Went AWOL!
Routine: sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program, practice, pattern, regimen, plan, habits, schedule My routine, first thing each morning, is to send a text message to my children, and my sister-in-law. Just a few love words to let them know that I was thinking about them and praying for them. My next morning…
Satisfy Me, Oh Lord
Satisfy Me, Oh Lord Satisfy: meet the expectations, needs or desires of someone; gratify, fulfill I’ve returned home to Frisco, after a packed-full week in Tulsa, and before that, many trips there and back to get Mom’s estate sale all ready to go and completed. Our customer, Mom, was completely SATISFIED with the sale that…
Running My Race at My Pace
Last month my feet hit the pavement in a slow, steady rhythm – not too fast – not too slow – just right. I needed to get used to my pace again. After all, I had been a half-marathon runner – I can do it again! But, I had been in “feet prison” for several…
Lord, Have Mercy!
I’ve heard people say “Lorrrd, have mercy!” as a quick retort when yet another “I can’t believe it” circumstance happens. In reality, that is what we should say, rather pray, anytime we encounter a roadblock, a rock landslide, “rocked my world” or rock crazy situations going on in our world. God is our ROCK in…
Set My Default to Gratitude, Please!
Default Setting: a setting that is automatically given to a software application, computer program or device; in people, it’s the way someone normally behaves and reacts I sold an old iPhone 4 at our Estate Sale. Before I displayed it, I went through the process with iTunes to restore it to the factory default settings…
What Does Favor Look Like? ·
FAVOR — approval, an act of kindness beyond what is usual; good deed, act of kindness, courtesy, honor, gratify, Ever heard these words “Will you do me a FAVOR?” More than likely they’re asking for an act of kindness. Then there’s the party FAVOR — a small gift given to the guests at a party…
Coincidence or PROVIDENTIAL Circumstance
Providential: involving divine intervention; occurring at a favorable time; opportune, heaven-sent, fortunate, timely. Before Mom’s Estate Sale, I sent pictures to my children of “Granny’s Home” unlike any way they could conceive – in complete disarray compared to the pristine way it always looked “on her watch”. When Mom and Dad’s home was destroyed by…
There’s a Light at the End of the Tunnel and it’s Not a Train!!!
Determination: firmness of purpose; resoluteness, willpower, tenacity, single-minded, persistence, true grit Today is Day 1 of our Estate Sale at Mom’s home here in Tulsa (see local ad at Craigslist https://tulsa.craigslist.org/gms/d/huge-west-highland-3-day/6549423053.html Whew! With great DETERMINATION – we made it. We “ate this elephant one bite at a time”. That’s what we always said when Karen…
Easter — Best. Story. EVER — 40 More Days to Go!!
Maybe you are thinking “Donna sure loves Easter because she keeps talking about it”. Well, I do! Here’s why: Easter Sunday is just the beginning of Easter. The Easter season (the resurrection of our Lord and His time on earth before ascending to heaven) is still underway. That was 40 days He was “in and…