If We Had One Wish….
Imagine this: A genie pops out of a bottle (yes, I know, we’re not supposed to believe in genies, but stick with me). He tells you that you can have one wish, just one, and it will be granted immediately. What would you ask for? Would it be something extravagant, like endless wealth or world…
What Would You Ask of Your Genie?
These days I do a lot of reminiscing. I’m not looking in a rear-view mirror to pine away at the memories of the past. I go back in time to cherish the sweetest times when God proved His faithfulness time and again. While our precious family from Canada has been here, we did some of…
Joy to the Fishes in the Deep Blue Sea
Joy to the world – all the boys and girls. Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me! Blast from the past. That’s a couple of lines from 1970’s, “Jeremiah was a Bull Frog” sung by the band, Three Dog Night! Has really nothing to do with Christmas but…
Because You Deserve to Be Happy
That was the “subject” on my email from Ulta yesterday morning. It jumped out at me. That word, “deserve”, says it all. We live in a self-gratification, self-centered, self-entitlement, and selfie world. I get it! We all want to be happy. Isn’t that the greatest goal in life? I loved Bobby Ferrin’s upbeat, reggae song,…
Allll Aboard — for the Joy-of-Life Bandwagon!
Yesterday is gone and THIS IS THE DAY the Lord has made, so let’s be JOY-full and be glad for it! When you’ve had as many DAYS on this earth as I’ve had, you recognize each new day as a blessed day of start-overs, do-overs, rejoice-overs and be-glad-in-it overs. I live in a 55+ community…
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Not Time for Down and Out Songs or Words
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year to Sing Joy-Filled Songs I apologize in advance of this post because it’s me being REAL again — expressing what I’ve learned the most from the loss of my best friend and husband during this time of the year, and how much I want to help others…
Joy to the World
Those words resonated with me yesterday, especially when I was standing in an extremely long check-out line. A voice came over the loud speakers “We assure you all our available cashiers are working very hard to get you served as quickly as possible.” When I arrived at the front of the line, I noticed there…
Is This Christmas a FIRST For You?
My heart goes out to anyone that this is their first Christmas without their loved one(s). The memories seem more vivid and the love we had for them is even greater during this beautiful season. Pictured here is our last Christmas with Papa (my sweetheart) who always read the Christmas Story to the grandkids before…
What Would You Request of Your Genie?
When driving my two youngest grandsons to school, the older one, Brennan, asked his younger brother, Bryson, “If you had a genie in a bottle, what would you wish for?” They certainly earned love tokens when they both replied “For Nana to live with us forever!” Of course they had some other outlandish wishes, but…
Christmases in Heaven Are Beyond Compare
Day 352 of Photo Inspirations — Christmases in Heaven Are Beyond Compare #TBT This is Roscoe Owen Wheat, Sr., my sweet Daddy who graduated to heaven 51 years ago today, December 17th, 1964. I was 15. I remember that day so clearly. I came home from school and found him lying on my bed. I…