Why "thank you" is important………

I have a lot of “thank you” notes to write this summer……. Not because of a party where I received lots of gifts. Not because a group of people came and moved a piano; although a group did come and do that for me several years ago, and I’m...

Summer Blogging………

I’m realizing very quickly that my whole schedule has been turned upside down since I don’t have to be out the door at 7 a.m. Mornings are much less structured and it seems that something is always going on around this house. I have decided to transition...

God’s Visitors…….

How do you act when you are visiting someone’s home? Extra polite, extra careful, extremely thankful for the hospitality of those you are visiting. This morning I read this verse in Psalm 39, “For I am your guest, a traveler passing through, as my...

When You Realize How Special Your Neighbors Are……..

We’ve had the same neighbors on both sides of us  for almost nineteen years. Both of these families have shared many highs and many lows with our family throughout these years. They’ve helped when we’ve been in emergency situations, they’ve sat...

Old Diaries…….

I moved some boxes around in the shed this morning, trying to make room for school supplies that I want to store for the summer. As I opened one box that has been packed away for a long time, I saw a journal. An old journal. Seventeen years old. I had to stop and sit...