I gasped when I read this headline: “Chinese Woman Mistakes Airplane Exit as Bathroom, Deploys Evacuation Slide.” Her mistake was all over the news. The process to put back the slide in place delayed the flight for hours. Her passport was confiscated and she probably...
Living out of God's will will bring pain. Being in God's will will bring peace. "I made a big mistake," my friend said. She offered to drive a friend's car to the hospital one afternoon. As she left to come home it was dark and the parking lot was full. She hit the...
The plane landed in Phoenix, I unbuckled my seat belt and was about to stand up. But before I did, I searched for my cell phone, making sure I had it in order to call the person to pick me up from the airport. I looked in the pockets, in the bag, in my purse. No cell...
He was trembling. She was stuck; couldn’t move because her hair was so matted down, it prevented her from moving her legs. These two puppies were found alone, lost, hungry, trembling under a truck. My friend adopted them, cleaned and fed them. He no longer trembles,...
Hubby and I stood at the customer service window of a large wholesale store. The line was getting longer because the woman at the window, in a loud voice, gushed demanding questions: You mean I don’t get a refund for my membership? And you won’t compensate me for the...
I sat beside a delightful lady at a recent prayer gathering. She related with passion each of the steps of her healing from a devastating car accident. “The healing was miraculous,” she said. Broken bones healed with no need for casts, cuts on her face healed with no...
I blew kisses and waved good-bye at my two grandkids. They waved back from the back seat. “Remember,” I called out, “no more, no less.” In her high-pitched voice, my eight-year-old granddaughter called back, “No more, no less, Nana.” That’s our secret code. It began...
Last year, I sat in the passenger's seat while my friend drove through the crowded parking lot in a shopping mall during the Christmas season. "Did you see what that guy did?" she screamed, "He pulled right in front of me." I gasped, more frightened by her frantic...
It was 84 degrees (29 C.)in Orlando a few days ago. Yet, I carried my jacket inside the local movie theater. The interior is like an igloo. And the fact that I'm always cold doesn't help. We walked in and ran into the friendly manager. As we chatted with her, I asked...
My friend stopped by the other day and rumbled in her purse. "You have to see the pictures I took during our trip," she said. I smiled. "Oops," she added, "I always forget you...well...that you can't see." "I forget myself," I said with a chuckle. (I like folks with a...