My favorite travel partner! Coimbra, Portugal, May 29, 2025 Thankful for new beginnings, as I look at my wonderful husband. He spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in the hospital. I prayed a selfish prayer that God would not take him from me. I woke on the couch near his hospital bed with him trying... Continue Reading →
1 Timothy 2:1-4 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. 3... Continue Reading →
I thought I couldn't remain married for more than three years. I first married at age 19, and for three years, all was good, even after we took custody of four children. But, one day, he announced that I needed to work, because he didn't want to care for other people's children any more. For... Continue Reading →
Gibbs Garden, Ball Ground, Georgia, December 2024 Hosea 14: 2 Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: “Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips." When I see nature in all of its colorful glory, I praise the Lord for trees, colors, and... Continue Reading →
I call him "Big Guy. " He is a gentle giant, not quite six feet tall. He has the biggest hands that I have ever seen, but they are hands that help and heal, not hands that hurt. When we finally met weeks after he sent me a post on a Christian dating site in... Continue Reading →
Psalm 116: 16-19 O Lord, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, born into your household;  you have freed me from my chains. I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people—in the house... Continue Reading →
In the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France, May 2023 In the darkness of my depression, I yearn to fly through the air and be at rest. Dissociating from my sense of identity, A seeker, I am running toward God in a quest. Broken and unable to find a calm place in my mind, Thoughts that... Continue Reading →
1 Timothy 2:1-4 I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and... Continue Reading →
I was having a wonderful Mother's Day, and I was thinking of the blogs I would be able to write and post now that all of my college courses were done for this academic year. Then, out of nowhere came a severe abdominal pain, one that I had come to fear. I first decided that... Continue Reading →
We do so much for our children, and one of the hardest words for a mother to hear from a youngster is "I can do it myself." Yet, even as they grow into adults, we still feel to try to help them in any way possible, as much as we can and not make them... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 