I had never heard of Franz Kafka before last week and simply had to share it with you! The story goes that Frank, age 40, had never been married and had no children. One day, he encountered a little girl in the park where he walked every day and she was crying. She’d lost her
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A Little Pregame Talk
I know what it feels like to try to convince myself through gritted teeth to make it a good week, especially when I’m feeling suck-y! I’m like a coach in the locker room pre-game… “Come on, now, let’s kick some butt!” Have you ever been there? She danced as the sun rose,so happy to
Preciousness of Empty
We’ve all heard the saying that you can’t pour from an empty cup or bucket. We are taught over and over that we have to keep filling up our own in order to be able to give to others. Spiritually, I agree that if we are depleted, we need Christ to refill us in order
Get Out the Crayons
I was thinking last night about how we barely get going on Monday morning and we’re waking up on Friday. We plan Christmas and it’s over – wow. Just like last year! We barely got our our new 2023 calendar and here we are shopping for 2024 calendars. Our new jobs barely got started
I Hope You Have Them
I was thinking about friendship when I went to bed last night and about my friends who made me laugh yesterday. Lord knows, how I love them. Those people who make you smile just by thinking about them. I really hope you have friends in your life who are honest with you even when it
Watch for Blooms
I hesitate at times to write things as if they’re from God but I hope you know I write them the way my heart believes He would speak to me and to you. Hey God, I don’t want to be disappointed in this crazy life. I want to love it, and I do, but I
Drifting Free
I have a thing about trees. I can’t explain it. There’s this one particular tree on a neighbor’s farm that I’ve photographed 100s of times at sunrise, as in getting in my car at sunrise and racing there to catch it coming up behind that tree. I’ve photographed it with leaves, without leaves, he is
Other Side of the Storm
Even when the storms try to pull us from His grasp, even when our souls are weak, He never lets go. We need to because He never will.
Roll with the Tide
The older I get, the more I’m learning to roll with the tide. It’s all temporary.
Once Again.
Our woes and worriesweigh us down,heavy,tearful,until they become a dwelling place. Woe is me,this home of mine. While we ride the woe coaster,He watches,He loves,He sits on the porchlonging for usto come sit with Him. His love is so greatand the size of our woes doesn’t change it.It is what it is.His love.He is who He
4th Quarter: Time to Punt!
If I get it on my mind that it will be a miracle if I live just 25 more years, I will panic. There’s not enough time left to go all the places I want to go and do all the things I want to do! At least that’s what my brain says. Then I
The Secret of Snow: a Review
Here’s my review: read it! I am a big Viola Shipman fan. I feel like all of her books are Hallmark movies I get lost in and even though I can kind of hope what’s coming, I love the journey to get there! This is probably my favorite so far of all the books I’ve
