Me, the Month, and the Mountain
You know what I hate? I mean, really, really hate in a way that makes me feel frozen with dread?Steep inclines, especially when combined with winding roads.We're talking about driving…
On Thanksgivings and Givings Thanks
Ah, Thanksgiving - food, family, friends, football games, and the full-out explosion of Christmas. For those celebrating in the North, it is also the beginning of consistently crisp air (translation…
Enemy in the Closet
It's absolutely amazing how fast one's heart rate can go from calm to distress. I had walked so confidently to the closet in my hall—hall being a generous term for…
The Common Man
Oh, the books I read when I was young. The tales my mind went to and imagined. I just knew I would have truly made an exceptional princess or, at…
What I Carried In
My house is cute. It's also old and in need of constant repair and upkeep. Hence, my friend offered to help me paint the scuffed front porch. Trust me when…
The Fear that Drove Us Home
(Story recounted by Melissa Baker and Susan Smith) “Trust in him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.” Psalm 62:8 It was life,…
Everything and the Kitchen Sink
I finally had some testing done to see if the lovely cancer gene that runs in my family is part of my DNA. Come to find out...
That 5K and Why We Do What We Do
“Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 It was that Mother’s Day post that got me thinking. Not the post I…
She Taught Me How to Fight
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:12 "Older," she…
What she did after the fall
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.” Micah 7:8, ESV…
Long Ears and Unexpected Love
I make my way to the mailbox, a little annoyed that the only stamps the Post Office has for me are poinsettias. It’s September people.But then, 2020 has been a…
Things Change
“A change is as good as a rest.” Maybe.And, maybe not. I sit on the screened-in porch, attached to the quaint log cabin I rent. Those who know me well may…