Water Restrictions “Drink more water!” “Stay hydrated.” “Drink half your body weight in ounces!” And, the list goes on. But, when I left the hospital with the diagnosis of congestive heart failure I was told to limit my daily liquid intake to 71 ounces. When you start tracking your sips, that isn’t much. I was… [Read More]
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Five Minute Friday – Purpose
Kate said purpose. What is my purpose? What is yours? To explain my answer I must qualify the position from which I write. I am a believer in, and a follower of, Jesus Christ. My Purpose My purpose is to be known by Him and to make Him known. The second part of that is… [Read More]
Hold The Salt!
Hold The Salt! As most of my readers know I was tagged with another title three weeks ago. Heart patient! I went to the hospital on August 21 and on August 22 I was told I had congestive heart failure. Shocked? Yes, I was. My hospital stay involved several firsts! A CATscan. An Echocardiogram. An… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday – Rescue
Kate said rescue. I love the word RESCUE. And, I venture to say it is because I was gloriously rescued a long time ago. The entire Bible has a theme of rescue. One can go back through the Old Testament stories of rescue. Adam and Eve. Noah. Moses. Abraham. Joseph. Rahab. Esther. Ruth. Etcetera. New… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday – City
Kate said city. She not only said the word city but she visited the city of Chicago last week with her sister! I’ve driven through Chicago but never walked the city’s sidewalks. This past week we were in Greenville, SC, for a doctor’s appointment and afterward we drove a long length of downtown Greenville, over… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Desperate
Kate said desperate. Ever been? Yeah, me too. The Challenge When I feel desperate the one and only thing that brings me peace is a good, come to Jesus moment. I cry out to Him and bear my soul, my fears, my insecurities, and anything else negative clinging to my inner soul. I cannot live… [Read More]
Five Minute Friday: Teach
Kate said teach. Friday, August 20th, 2021. As I always do on Friday mornings I checked in on Five Minute Friday and the word prompt of the week. As it turned out TEACH was more appropriate than I gave it credit. I felt horrible. I could hardly breathe and my body was swollen like a… [Read More]
Coming Clean
When It Began On Memorial Day weekend we celebrated our grandson’s 18th birthday and his high school graduation. We were all together, healthy and well. Monday, May 31st, hubs and I headed home. Tuesday, June 1, I began to feel not well. A Roller Coaster The hardest roller coaster of unfortunate events began. I became… [Read More]