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Do you ever feel you are lacking, that others possess qualities that you don’t? If so, you have failed to recognize your strengths. It’s common for us to compare ourselves to others and focus on what we view are our personal weaknesses. However, we all have strengths. Following are ways to recognize your strengths and […]
Thus far, has the new year handed you something unexpected? Just in my sphere I know those recovering from heart surgery or heart attack, two who are trusting God through severe persecution, one waiting for a diagnosis, several racing toward death, and those mired in grief. Personally, I just passed the second anniversary of Jim’s […]
When I was a child, Halloween meant dressing in a costume Mama made for me. I went with her to the cloth store to select the cloth and pattern. One year, she made a colonial dress; another year, a cat costume. I also remember wearing a powder-blue princess dress, crown, and pretty-face plastic mask, that […]
On a rainy day, in a drive-thru line, I accidentally put my car in neutral instead of increasing the wiper speed. When time came to pull forward, I couldn’t understand why my car wouldn’t move, until I saw the glaring “N” on the display panel. There are times in our lives when grief, illness, or […]
In recent weeks, several situations that have been hanging in suspended motion have reached resolution. One of these, business-related, totally halted forward motion, sidelining me in limbo-land for almost a year. Another precipitated a total standstill because I simply didn’t know how to proceed. Now, with positive answers, that came not of my own volition, […]
Last week, my son and I climbed up the attic stairs in search of a few specific boxes. I hadn’t been in the attic for years and was surprised by all that is there: a playpen that is now too dirty to ever be used again, plastic boxes of unknown items, toys strewn willy-nilly with […]
I’ve never been one who randomly chooses a word for the year. Instead, I’ve noticed a word usually finds me. Last year, near the end of January, my word for the year materialized when a friend asked me to give her a word to include in a watercolor she was painting for me. Immediately, the […]
Last week, hurricane Helene made an unexpected detour from her projected path and veered toward North and South Carolina. I guess she wanted a dose of Carolina hospitality, but she surely was an inconsiderate guest! Massive flooding, spin-off tornados, uprooted trees, and widespread power outages were left in her wake. I am grateful my house […]
How do you handle living in a world that seems to be in a constant state of unrest? We can exist on the edge of fear and panic, or move forward with our lives, savoring each day as a gift. Uncertainty at Home and Abroad Last week, a man killed 18 people in a shooting […]
Last week, my husband had surgery. The anticipated overnight stay post-surgery evolved into three nights. On the day of discharge, the process dragged on for hours, making us arrive home late. A few complications landed us in the ER the next night. Unexpected. Several people special to me recently received cancer diagnoses. Unexpected. I know […]