Day by Day!
I have a very close and dear friend who has been battling cancer for several years. It has been so tough and horrible all at the same time. She is amazing in her attitude. She is the type of person who is the very meaning of the word Love. She knows no strangers. She has touched many lives in her life on earth and many during her illness that only came to know her through her ordeal. To know Jeri is to love her. She makes me want to be a better person. We live an hour from each other and we...
Read MoreStress can be the school yard bully!
Life has it’s own stresses and then when you add a stressful job…it can make you feel like you are up against the school yard bully. I started off my week anticipating the coming of Spring. I have a hundred daffodils that I had been picking and gifting the week before. A few sunny days in Oregon and I have a smile on my face a mile long. I drive an hour to work and back each day. It is a pretty drive and I listen to great music…so I have stopped letting the price of gas...
Read MoreThis is my wish for you…
I’m enjoying my morning with the sun shinning, downloading some CD’s on my computer and drinking a cup of coffee…when I look at my cup that has a message on it. A dear friend gave me this cup when I was in grief over the loss of a friend. It really helped me through that dark time. Thought I would share the words with you… This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, laughter to kiss your lips, rainbows to follow the clouds, sunsets...
Read MoreGod understands our deepest Emotions without our explanation.
Words of encouragement… Paul, the author of Romans, reminds us of the importance of hope in our lives. Romans 8:24-28 NIV ” For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see we wait for it with patience. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God searches the heart, knows what is the...
Read MoreSelf-Esteem and Aging
It is my birthday today and so I thought I might write a passage from my book about getting older….sigh, I am still listening for answers….page 88. “Turning fifty was a destination for me. I was under the impression that as soon as I arrived at Fifty I would go up a hill and look down upon wisdom and respect beaming back at me. I imagined that all of my experience would “come to a head” and I would understand my journey so far. I expected memories and insight to...
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