When I was a little girl in the 1950s and early 1960s, my family and I walked across the street each Sunday morning for Sunday School. After the devotional with the whole church in the auditorium, little girls with freshly-curled…
I love how Miss Katherine faces her age of 99 years with humor. On a morning walk with Ray recently, I thought of her when I saw this morning glory climbing a tall grass stem. Friends and family threw a…
One morning a few stitches on a brand new item of clothing came undone, making it unwearable. In my often late but rarely early mode, I was a bit frustrated at first. A saying I heard often during my childhood…
Thanks to the patient instruction of Jimmy, my wonderful mandolin teacher, I can now play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” However, if you heard Jimmy talking to me during my lessons, you would think I…
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 I…
I have a precious friend who often tells me stories about encounters she has with people she has just met. She may have met them in a specialty shop while she and her husband were out of town or they…
