Daily writing promptWhat was the best compliment you've received?View all responses Just yesterday, my daughter told me that I was the best mother. That matters because I am her biological aunt. I have been complimented a lot regarding my teaching, but recognition of the sacrifices that parents make for their children brings me much joy.... Continue Reading →
Know the Source of Your Strength: Saturday Devotional
Amsterdam, June 2023 Hosea 11:1-4 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols. I myself taught Israel how to walk, leading him along... Continue Reading →
I Accentuate the Positive with a Song and Let Go of the Darkness
Daily writing promptWhat strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?View all responses I never thought that I would actually hear myself say that well-worn Christian expression I had come to hate, "Devil, you are a liar!" I didn't want to address any possible darkness and have it enter my mind or spirit. But... Continue Reading →
God is Our Helper: Friday Devotion
Lisbon, Portugal, June 2023 Nehemiah 6:15-16 The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God. Whatever the work that God calls us to do, we... Continue Reading →
A Fresh Anointing of the Spirit: Thursday Devotional
Courbevoie, France, May 2023 Ezekiel 36: 26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and... Continue Reading →
Glad for a Break So I Can Heal and Get My Life Back
We are on Spring Break this week from my graduate classes. I finished teaching just as I contracted Covid and then spent five days in the hospital. So, this week is a welcome chance to rest my body. I have missed three weeks of classes, but I did keep up some of the reading, and... Continue Reading →
Five days in the Hospital (Once Again) Makes You Appreciate The Blessing of a Home to Lay Your Head
As if getting Covid-19 for the first time wasn't stressful enough, I ended up in the hospital last Friday with another bowel obstruction. Another round of nose tubes and nothing by mouth for days at a time depressed me and left me feeling lost and nearly hopeless. I never lost hope because I trust God,... Continue Reading →
Have a Plan for the Emotional Losses of Retirement
Daily writing promptDescribe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.View all responses Don't retire without a plan for your time and sense of purpose. That is the advice I would give anyone thinking of retiring. Possibly, one would think that having one's time mapped out is exactly why one retires. But,... Continue Reading →
We, as a People, Will Keep Moving Forward
Our story won't end. Though our voting rights may wane. You can't keep us down. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: Story and Wane. For Black History Month, the gerrymandering that attempts to weaken our votes will not keep us from the ballot box.
Being Myself: Sticking with the Troubles I Already Have
Daily writing promptIf you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?View all responses There is no way to know other people's troubles, especially because people tend to say they are fine when they are assailed with troubles. I just want to be me, as I know my troubles, and... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 