What were they thinking? The Israelites had God by their side. They had food shower from heaven. And they counted on God’s protection against those awful Egyptians. But as they shuffled through the desert, were they grateful? Not really. Check out how they react. As...
Are you kidding? Is there such a thing as to actually overcome heartache, the pain that sears at night, and aches during the day? Hubby held his blue jeans above the clothes hamper. "Be sure to put them in the dryer," he said. I grinned. Times prior, after washing...
Recently, someone asked me the same question many have before: When you lose one sense, like in your case, your eyesight, is it true that other senses develop and sharpen?” “Sure is,” I said, “in my case it’s my sense of humor.” I looked toward the mirror; I never...
Hubby and I headed to dinner with our good friends, chatting about life. “There were helicopters and police cars all around our neighborhood” they said. “Police stood outside with bullhorns ordering to stay indoors.” “Oh my, what or who were they looking for?” I...
I'm dancing in my blindness and rejoicing in my disability. Crazy statement, isn't it? But I think you'll agree with the reason I have joy dancing in my soul. First, my friend, who has been there for me for years, always answers, "No problem...that was easy," each of...
We all want to have confidence, but where do we find it? A few years ago I was in California attending a writer’s conference. A friend jokingly asked, “Do you want to drive?” “Yes,” I said with a grin. “Are you sure?” she said. “No, The question is are YOU sure you...
"You look fabulous," the doctor's nurse said when I went for a post-operative appointment. As all procedures go, this one had its risks, bleeding, infection, etc. I was awake during the procedure. With a local anesthetic to numb the identified area, I lay on the...
My friend and I sat at the kitchen table and chatted about the past. "He was really hurt," she said, "took him a long time to overcome the rejection." Guilt came over me. I had dated her brother and ended the relationship in an insensitive and abrupt way. I fidgeted...
When someone asks you the question What is the secret to success? what do you say? When I was 11 years old and lived in my native country of Bolivia, we did a strange thing when the weather changed. "It's starting to rain!" someone would call out. Then all of us...
When will I learn? You'd think by now, aware of the limitations of my blindness, I'd be careful, really careful with the experiments and projects my 6-year-old granddaughter and I do. "It's a disaster," she groaned. She was right. I had placed the hot iron on the...