Living in the Peace Zone
As most know, we live in a 60+ Active Adult Community. That’s the way it’s advertised. And truthfully, most of us are active — playing pickleball, ping pong, Mahjong, working out in the fitness room, going for long walks around our community and even around the Texas Children’s Hospital next door. Yet sometimes we’re so…
Uncertainty about what this day holds. Concerned about what the doctor’s report will be. Dismayed about life savings placed in an investment that continues to spiral. Anxious about the cost of living. Worried about the children’s friendships. As much as we know better than to succumb to worry, fear, and anxiety, there are still times…
“Have a good one!” “Have a great day!” “Have a terrific day.” We’ve all heard and said those words, in one form or another. Then there are those of us who take it to a HIGHER level and say, “Have a blessed day!” We even say it with the words ringing in our ears: “This…
Twelve years ago, I knew a mission by God had been handed me and I had to “rise to the occasion”. The “occasion” was a very sick husband. Each of our journeys in life are just that – our individual scripted-by-God journeys. I think it has a great deal to do with our personal faith…
We trust technology. We trust the pilot of our plane. We trust the pharmacist. We trust our doctor. We sort of trust the weather person. We sort of trust our car salesman. We sort of trust God! Yikes! I don’t like that last sentence, because of who and what we trust…..trusting God should be the…
I couldn’t say it better, so I choose these words by Dr. Michael Brown, a distinguished author, speaker and Christian apologist to replace my own words today. “As a boy, I remember “watching” the epic chess battle between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. It was aired on Channel 13, the PBS station in New York,…
I was singing that old song (way older than me), “Thanks for the Memory” last night. I remember Bob Hope crooning his famous theme song “Thanks for the Memory”, that he originally sang in a 1938 movie and went on to end his TV variety shows with it. I was thinking about it because my…
My 13-year-old grandson is here with us for a few days. I have to share him now. Big cousin Payton gets his time. Quite a comparison between Nana’s and Payton’s uptown apartment where the guys have their gaming fun, rooftop lookout, nerf gun wars — guy stuff! But Bryson was ready for Nana’s “chill-place” where…
This Nana’s got some game! In many ways, I’m not just a spectator, but I’m in the game! Seems I still have enough tread on these tires — to keep going! I know it is God Who gives me the strength and drive to keep playing! This brings me to my week in Austin with…
A week ago, I blogged about how important friends are to our well-being. Then, after being in a room of people that I didn’t know and feeling rather lonely amidst those who knew each other and were carrying on conversation and laughing, I gave that blog a second thought. Now I realize there may be…