Daily writing promptIf you had to change your name, what would your new name be?View all responses My husband and his queen in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, June 2023 I love my name: Regina. As a child with a name that no one else I knew had, I felt special. Finding reasons to feel special... Continue Reading →
Finding Ways to Return the Love of My Husband Brings Great Joy to My Life
Daily writing promptDescribe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.View all responses I thought I was destined to always choose the wrong people to date. I wanted to be loved, but I was also afraid to truly love someone whose abandonment might be extremely painful. So, I chose men who, when... Continue Reading →
Life Lessons for the Journey Ahead
Douglas at The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, May 27, 2023 Lesson One: Do not allow others to define who you are or what you can be or accomplish. Learn to define yourself as valuable and of great worth. Lesson Two: A little insanity in our lives is not a bad thing. Insanity refers to the... Continue Reading →
To A Forever Friendship
I pasted your picture on the wall, So, I don't forget the bond we shared. You were a friend most extraordinary, For more than fifty years, we were paired. Fellows wondered about our friendship, Because we were opposites in many ways. You loved to shop, and I loved to read, But we were pals for... Continue Reading →
For the Day When We Are All Free
Image credit to Sarah Whiley I sat on the hillsides, looking at the cemetery below. I wondered why I was alive, and others didn't survive. I knew I wasn't special or any more highly favored or blessed. I can't explain why or why not, but I am thankful to be free. I have tried to... Continue Reading →
Storytellers Help Make the World Sane and Doable
Daily writing promptWhat are you good at?View all responses I love to tell stories. I started a blog just to fill it with stories that inspire, encourage, and motivate people to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. Stories remind us that what occurs for one person can happen for another... Continue Reading →
Lord, Please Give Me a Servant’s Heart: Sunday Devotional
Psalm 119:73-76 You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands. May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word. I know, OÂ Lord, that your regulations are fair; Â you disciplined me because I needed it. Now let... 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 →
Finding the Strength to Endure in a Faith Community: Sunday Devotion
Hebrews 10: 23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.... Continue Reading →
Let Love Be Eternal and Faithful: A New Year’s Devotion
Lamentations 3:19-26 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your... Continue Reading →
