I am night blind. Years ago, I took my dog for a long walk right around dusk. It was summer, and I live in Florida, so I wore the standard-issue sleeveless top and shorts. Each of these points is important, people, because of what happened next.
Before I even realized what was happening, my foot caught in a bike ramp made of fresh (more…)
I come to you today, friends, with a very simple message: Enough with your excuses for failing to serve God.
We’re not good enough. We’re not smart enough. We’re not educated enough. We’re not talented enough. We’re not old enough. We’re not young enough. We’re not rich enough. We’re not healthy enough. We’re not strong enough. We’re not free enough. We’re not (more…)
As I was walking Churchill the Wonder Dog yesterday on our standard 3.5-mile route, a local gardener flagged me down.
“I was just thinking about how I never gave you that cutting I promised you,” she said.
She remembered how weeks earlier I had admired a beautiful bush with purple blooms. It had reminded me of my late mother’s clematis, which was the (more…)
I’ve been cheated, been mistreated. When will I be loved?
I remember singing that Linda Ronstadt song in my wandering years when I performed in a nightclub, but recently that was the cry of my heart. Okay, so maybe I was being just a bit melodramatic, but I have my moments when I feel as if the world is ganging up on (more…)
A month from now, my husband and I will celebrate our 25th anniversary. We are now at the point where our children and our nieces and nephews and our friend’s children are getting married, which very well may make us old. I prefer the word “experienced.”
And what we’ve learned from 25 years of experience is a lot. Relationships require hard work (more…)