For the second time today I have read words like perseverance, patience, practice. Is God trying to tell me something, to encourage me? I think so. Perseverance is tenacity, determination, staying power. In today’s world it is easy…to give up when something doesn’t go...
Mom teaching her children to make applesauce, then our children, then their children, then teaching—well—this next generation is more in the tasting stage!!! If you look at the picture you might be wondering what applesauce has to do with bees and kindness. It’s not...
How many times have you heard the word ‘super’ bowl in the last week? How do we use the word super? We might tell someone that was a super meal, that was a super message, or I’m super tired. It made me wonder what does the word super actually mean. The dictionary...
A sewing rocker, grandma’s apron, mom’s sewing basket, an “egg”, and my grandson’s sock! Seems like an unlikely combination to some, but brings back memories for me. Grandma always wore an apron, she would settle into the chair her apron became her work surface. The...
What do YOU do with a hole? Several months ago a friend of ours talked about holes during prayer. He said we need holes in our lives for God to fill up. For example… God filled some holes with water and we call them the Great Lakes! It made me start thinking about...
As I drove to my daughter’s house…to show me how to post my blog entry…AGAIN! I was thinking. Why can’t I get this? I have detailed directions. I am a grown women and a teacher after all. The list of things I can’t do begins to grow and grow and grow. But before I...
As I drove to my daughter’s house…to show me how to post my blog entry…AGAIN! I was thinking. Why can’t I get this? I have detailed directions. I am a grown women and a teacher after all. The list of things I can’t do begins to grow and grow and grow. But before I...
INSPIRATIONAL ENCOURAGING GOAL SETTING Some of the words that come to mind as I read posts from family and friends this New Year’s Day. I’m reminded how precious life is from beginning to end. I’m blessed to have family who cares for me and my welfare. I’m tempted to...
Growing up on a homestead farm, with seven brothers and sisters we didn’t have much, but Mom always found ways to give. Mom grew up without her mother, taking care of her Dad and brothers on a dairy farm in the 1930’s. She married Pop in 1948. Mom continued her...
Breakfast with my girls and a pair of sneaker socks with bees on them have turned into a family tradition of sorts. When I gave them the socks I told them when they wore them to remember to ‘be kind’ to one another. Over the years ‘bee kind’ bees have shown up on...
