I don’t know if my dad’s in heaven. I wish I did, but I don’t. He passed from this life 30 years ago this March. He was alone, without family or friends, until the very end. The hospital did manage to find a brother, my uncle, but by then it was too late. The family… Continue reading You Don’t Have to Embrace the Stink
Category: Holiday
Happy Birthday America
O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there… Continue reading Happy Birthday America
Happy Mother’s Day!
What Does Surrender Look Like to You?
A friend of mine just asked this question on Facebook and it stopped me for a moment, made me pause and think. Something that I rarely seem to do, you know. Just think. Life is so very busy these days, and the world seems like it’s falling apart, but sometimes I need to stop, get… Continue reading What Does Surrender Look Like to You?
In 2021 I Want To Know…Just What Does God Expect From Me?
What does God expect from me? As I shake off 2020 and move into 2021 this is the question that weighs the heaviest on my mind. Not what the world expects, or my family expects, or even the annual making of a resolution to force me into what I want to be. But what, exactly,… Continue reading In 2021 I Want To Know…Just What Does God Expect From Me?