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...
"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...
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...
I found myself driving the curvy road near my home slower than usual this morning. My eyes were open as wide as I could get them and I was scanning the road as intently as I could. I was swerving my car to the left and to the right. No, I wasn’t drunk, sick, or...
There he was, the main character, doing what he does best as the stunt man for one of the most popular action-packed shows in Disney World. Among the audience of thousands, on the third row, nestled in her grandma's lap, his 3-year-old daughter's eyes danced with...
Feeling secure for the moment is common, but finding a life of security is a gift from God. A few weeks ago, on a sunny Florida morning, a young mom and her one-year-old daughter left the house and headed out to the driveway. As Mom carried the baby to the back seat...
Rosa and I stood at the entry way of a home in Bolivia. I placed a brand new Bible in her hands and hugged her tight. I patted her over her thick black braids that cascaded down her back. "I feel different," Rosa said, "I feel free." Calmness and reassurance rang in...
There was a "giant" in my back yard this week. My dog saw it and refused to go outside. Just what was this "giant?" Pouring, drenching, unending rain that fell all week! As I pushing my dog to go out in the rain, I began to think about giants, these horribly big...
"He who watches over you will not slumber." (Ps 121:3) We had just been there earlier in the day, and I never noticed any monster clues. It did, though, look like a claw foot of a giant monster for sure, and a photo doesn't lie. Does it? Where clay and rocky mountain...