Embracing the Quiet
When Mom was still here on this side of heaven, my sis, Karen, and I talked a lot to her even when she was in a sound sleep. We knew her spirit could hear our words. That’s why I put the phone up to her ear when my children and grandchildren called the day before…
Hope Springs Eternal
Yesterday, the co-leaders of what was to have been our 2020 Women’s ACTS 4-day Retreat in April, met to catch-up. Obviously, our retreat didn’t happen, but we’re counting on a coast-is-clear later this year. We’re all still together in heart and spirit. Yes, I was disappointed about the six months of preparing for the retreat…
No Man is an Island, so Why Try to be One?
My Austin family recently acquired four more goats to add to the family’s five goats, making it now a 9-member herd. One of the new goats was a loner from the start. He didn’t hang with the rest of the herd and stayed at least 20-feet away from them. The family kept trying to bond…