I know this is an awfully big photo of my face but it includes two things that I am grateful for.
You see, for years I rejected my curly hair. When I was a teenager I actually ironed — yes, with a clothes iron — my long hair and burnt…
I awoke, grabbed my phone from the nightstand and scrolled through Facebook. A familiar face kept popping up, a colleague had taken his life the previous night.
My body reacted immediately.
Blurred vision. Ragged breath. Shaky legs.
Somehow I managed to get out of bed, go to the kitchen and…
“Why didn’t you say something before the dress was finished?” I asked with more than a bit of exasperation. I was on the phone with Thelma, my neighbor down the street.
“I didn’t realize how awful it would look,” she sputtered. “I would never wear anything so, so . …
My husband and I moved halfway across the country right after our honeymoon.
We had hardly opened our gifts when we had to repack and load everything into the moving van. Even before we pulled out of the driveway, I began missing my family and friends.
Once we got settled…
“Charlie, I’d like you to meet Elizabeth. She’s going to be our administrative assistant.”
My boss at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was introducing me to the management staff.
“Nice to meet you, Miss Elizabeth,” said Charlie, a gray-haired, man with a soft…
Since my husband’s two open-heart surgeries in 2017, I have done all the grocery shopping.
I had just finished shopping at Costco and was about to start loading everything into my van when a customer on her way into the store offered to help me.
I wanted to accept her…
If any of you lacks wisdom he should ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 (NIV)
Before you can begin memorizing Scripture, you have to read it. …
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On Christmas night, a friend who knows that we have no contact with our adult children sent me the following message: Tim and I prayed for your kids today, as we do every day!
If Amy hadn’t told me she and her husband were praying, I wouldn’t have known, and…
