Joy Comes In The Morning I'm sorry I've been absent the last week - I had some health issues of my own to contend with, and unfortunately, my Salmon Of Knowledge series took a beating. However, I'm feeling significantly;y better now. The verse I chose for today is Psalm 30:5Â ...Weeping may remain for a night,... Continue Reading →
Train Up A Child I was very sick yesterday, so I apologize for missing the day. I'm back now - a little worse for the wear, but ok. When I was 16 years old, I went on a mission trip to Jamaica with a team of teenagers and four adults. We stayed at a college... Continue Reading →
Up And Running Again Have you ever felt like you were just hobbling along, definitely not keeping up, and only barely holding on? That's the way I've felt the last few months. You'd think that spending four years recovering from an accident - going to countless therapies and relentlessly trying to heal my brain would... Continue Reading →
Planting By The River Planting is on my mind a lot these days as I revisit my garden, start seedlings and cut back herbs and plants. Last year I decided to surround my garden with herbs that we could use all summer. Since cinderblock walls hold up the garden - they are none too pretty.... Continue Reading →
Breath Of Life Yesterday almost all the trees looked dead - just naked branches. A few had the faintest blush of green tips on them - fewer still had the signature spring green color of mature buds. But today, there are full, deep green leaves on at least half of them and the lovely yellowish-green... Continue Reading →
So Long Lives This "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." It's the final couplet in Shakespeare's sonnet 18. My mom loved it, and I often think about it in relation to her. My mother's love and life lessons live on in me for as long as I remember her. And, on... Continue Reading →
The Crushing Everyone can relate to being crushed. Whether it is a rejection from someone we care about, a failure at something we wish we had succeeded with, or some devastating occurrence, we know what it is to be crushed. Mom did too. One of the things she often said about the Lord was that... Continue Reading →
Wingman Not to be flippant or disrespectful, but when you think about it, Jesus is the ultimate wingman. Hold on, don’t get upset. I have no intention of diminishing His godliness - it's just that, He always has our backs. Even better, when we mess up or are in need - He intercedes on our... Continue Reading →
Tent Time! I know it's almost time when the flowers are blooming on the trees and bursting forth from the ground. As the weather starts to warm and leaves grow big, and their green deepens on the trees, I know it's nearly time. What time, you ask? Tent Time! I love camping. It's my happy... Continue Reading →
The Salmon Of Knowledge In Irish mythology, there is a story about a wise old poet, Finnegas, who spends seven years living by the river trying to catch the salmon of knowledge. This salmon was said to possess all the knowledge in the world, and if one were to catch and eat it, he would... Continue Reading →
Wake-Up Call Yesterday I was feeling "eh." My hands were hurting, every single joint, and they were swollen. Usually I would chalk that up to accidental gluten ingestion, but since I'm on a healing fast right now - that wasn't possible. Then my right forearm started hurting. Weird. By the time I went to bed,... Continue Reading →
Too Tired To Think It's happened to all of us at one time or another - you know, when you are too tired to think, but you still have to function, so you can't take a nap. That's sustainable for a day or two - maybe even a week or so. But, if you continue... Continue Reading →
