A Trip to Utopia
Ray and I woke up in one of our favorite places this morning. Last year we got pushed out of town on our anniversary because all our plumbing had to be flushed to kill ecoli! This year we decided to end our…
Category Marriages That Last
Forty Years of Grace
On Saturday Ray and I celebrated forty years of marriage. In August John, Bethany, and Mary Evelyn and their families sent us on our first and only cruise–to Alaska. On Saturday our girls and their families made us breakfast and…
Behind the Scenes
Saturday was a paint and hammer and cut and staple day as the Homeschool Dramatic Society moved closer to performances this week. While working on behind the scenes necessities for the play, I visited with a long-time dramatic society friend and…
An Alaskan Family Story
When our taxi driver delivered us to our Bed & Breakfast in Anchorage back in 2014, our host met us outside and showed us to our room. We were ready for supper, so he directed us to the bike path…
Rejoicing and Weeping
Two weeks ago I shared a prayer request with you for a fellow Daily Encouragement reader who grew up in Canada. Her husband had been diagnosed with lung cancer this past December. Today she and her children are rejoicing in the…
Wearing Moccasins
I don’t hear as much about walking in other people’s moccasins as I did as a little girl, but the idea is a good one. If we haven’t experienced what someone else has experienced (or walked in their moccasins or…