My awesome hubby and gorgeous stepdaughter New Year’s Day: My hubby is sleeping late and the house is unusually quiet. All the holiday guests are gone, although the pealing of their laughter lingers in my ears. But right now the only sound is my cat snoring peacefully. I love solitude, because God is so real […]
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
TICK TOCK I’m writing this in a state of shock, Watching the clock-tick tock, tick tock, Advancing, approaching, relentlessly, A brand new year; Oh, can it be? The calendar says the same thing too; Time races, vanishes, for me; Boo hoo! No, wait! If time flies, I’m having fun! A year of fun! It’s gone! […]
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I AM AMERICA
I am America. I am blueberry muffins and eggs-over-easy in silverfoil diners with blue neon signs and newspapers out front, where the regulars come to fill up on warmth and the everpresent feeling of family, I am picnic baskets made of straw, and tall grass with milkweed, worn blankets to sit on, and […]
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For Those Who Touch Our Lives
For my sister Evelyn, with my love~For Aunt Becky, And for Mother…. You wrote no lofty poemsthat critics counted art.But with a nobler visionyou lived them with your heart.You carved no shapeless marbleto some high soul design.But with a finer sculptureyou shaped this soul of mine.You built no great cathedralthat centuries applaud;But with a grace […]
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A Word About My Dad, In Light of Veterans’ Day
Happy October! Some musings from the back porch, on an October morning……I’m proud to say that my dad is a member of the Greatest Generation. He’s 87 years old and a veteran of World War II. His early life was very turbulent, I think, because his parents separated ~ quite uncommon in those days~ and […]
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This Sacred Trust
I AM THE CHILD I am the child All the world waits for my coming, All the earth watches with interest to see what I shall become. Civilization hangs in the balance, For what I am, the world of tomorrow will be. I am the child, I have come into your world, About which I […]
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Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day… To the joyous dad, who today holds his first child in his arms To the gentle dad, whose strong arms daily encircle his children with fierce love and devotion To the courageous dad, who is separated from his children today by service to his country To the wounded dad ~ separated […]
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A Walk Up the Golden Staircase
“One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 3:13 Without a doubt, my mom was a great mother and an exceptional role model, and I miss her […]
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My Grandfather’s Hands
When I was growing up, it was my privilege to live near my grandparents. In fact, during my last semester of college, I lived WITH my grandparents. They were exemplary Christians and the grandparents that every child deserves. My grandfather, in particular, was a genuine servant of Christ and daily demonstrated a servant’s heart in every […]