Validation

by | Jul 21, 2019 | blog

Again.  I sit here rubbing my bruised pride/heart because I’ve once more been shot down when I sought recognition and praise. I was so proud of myself for accomplishing a very technical project in a new software package. I was met with a lukewarm response to my...

Hardened Heart

by | Mar 24, 2019 | blog

“And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:” Ezekiel 11:19 KJV” Bitterness, pain and unforgiveness encase the heart and hide it from...

Today: Gentleness

by | Mar 17, 2019 | blog, devotions

I write today’s devotional from my mother’s hospital room.  I sit here watching her sleep in her bed, while my daughter is curled up, crashed on the green vinyl recliner chair.  Mom was diagnosed with renal failure and we’ve spent the last several days here, amidst...

Hope

by | Mar 16, 2019 | blog

Room with a view I look out again from the hospital window.  Last night the storm raged; torrential, violent rains and winds doing their best to uproot the vulnerable trees from the earth, or minimally bend them in half until they cower under the bullying of the...

International Women’s Day 2019

by | Mar 8, 2019 | blog

Today, March 8th, is a day on which we take the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our sisters all around the world. On this day, may I suggest that we also look at one very special woman in particular? In order to do this, I need you to get...

Happy Day of Love

by | Feb 14, 2019 | blog

We’ve spent the last ten days thinking about ways we can love ourselves and others, and I hope you have enjoyed it. I’m so thankful and grateful for the love of my husband, my mother, daughter, bonus children and extended family and friends. I’m also...