It is so refreshing, and necessary, to get away from the stresses of life. To relax in solitude, or blend in to the crowd and live life in the slow lane. We all need it. However, I am convinced that it is not the place we were meant to live on a regular basis. Not
There are times when I have felt overwhelmed. Most of those times, it was because there was just more going on than I could handle. This morning I found this bit of scripture, which brings a whole new perspective to being overwhelmed. Hallelujah! An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord ’s faithfulness overwhelms
He sat in the corner of the fast food restaurant, squeezing the contents of a handful of ketchup packets onto his tray. When he finished emptying the last packet, he quietly rose from his seat and went to the counter for another hand full of ketchup packets, then back to his seat, where he opened
A coworker / neighbor / friend of mine writes a blog I like to read. She also participates in a writing exercise where one takes a list of words and uses them in a poem or short prose. I decided to give it a try, maybe bending the rules (or taking the easy way) by
For us living in the USA, today is Independence Day. It is the day when we celebrate our declaration of independence from England. We celebrate it because independence is a big thing for us in the US. We are proud of our independence. That self reliant leave-me-alone-I-can-take-care-of-myself kind of spirit. Today we shoot fireworks to
I have been thinking about rainy days lately. In recent weeks, we have had our share of cloudy days. A few weeks ago, the basement flooded again. We had allowed the gutters to get clogged, so the rainwater just poured beside the house and made a mess. But that is not really what I have
It once was a yard. The lap that cradled a home. A place where children could play under the shade of big magnolia trees while the breeze shared the lemony scent of the huge white blossoms. Now the chainsaws and bulldozers are hard at work cutting it all down and clearing it off. Turning the
The black widow spider was lurking under the water meter lid. It was a perfect place. A dark, hidden recess in the ground. Protected from the elements and almost never visited by man. Almost. Typically, it is not my job to check the water meter, so I very rarely open the lid. However, yesterday I
What is it about Saturday mornings that I like so much? I think it”s that feeling of a day ahead of you with all sorts a possibilities. A day when I usually don’t HAVE to do anything. A day when I COULD do so many things. A day where I decide what I will do.
Yesterday, I heard on the news about a prominent athlete who “came out” and admitted he was gay. That was good news. I am all in favor of honesty. What was bad news to me was the way it was received. So many people were so supportive, from the President of the United States on