Passport Expiry In the Spring of 2019 my husband and I got our expired passports out of the safe and made an appointment with the local post office to get them renewed. We needed to in order to be fully prepared for our Great Alaska Adventure. I think, overall, it cost us a couple hundred… [Read More]
Heaven
The Man In The Middle
The Man In The Middle This past weekend my husband’s cousin came to visit us in Tiny House – we had a marvelous time. One of the things we did, on Saturday, was go downtown Greer. We had a fabulous lunch at Select, and then we did a walk-about. The revitalization project of Downtown Greer… [Read More]
Hope & Wait: Close Cousins
Hope and Wait The good news is HOPE because it changes everything. The bad news? WAIT for it!!! I mean, who wants to wait for anything these days? No one I know! Bible Drill! “And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. Psalm 39.7 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope…. [Read More]
Sitting Shiva
Bearing One Another’s Grief “Sitting shiva” refers to the act of sitting on low stools during times of mourning. As mentioned in the Book of Job, upon mourning, Job’s friends “sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights”. (Wikipedia) I like the idea of this – I refer to it as… [Read More]
I Have Nothing To Say!
Image by Debby Hudson on Unsplash – I love her photography because she always captures real life! Disappointment Maybe it’s trip lag or maybe I’ve run out and my well is dry. But I cannot think of anything of value to say here in a blog. I started the picture book about our trip –… [Read More]
A Book Review: GOD IS FOR REAL by Todd Burpo
God Is for Real: And He Longs to Answer Your Most Difficult Questions by Todd Burpo My rating: 4 of 5 stars We all read and loved “Heaven is for REAL” the story of a little boy’s trip to heaven and back! Well, Todd Burpo, dad to that little boy is back to tell us… [Read More]
Quietude: July 30th, 2017
Photo Credit: Carl Cerstrand What does that even mean? The Truth will set you FREE? Those are red words in the Gospel, which means Jesus Himself said it. Jesus also said in the Gospel of John that He was The Truth! Ah…now it’s beginning to make more sense. The Truth, JESUS, will make me FREE…. [Read More]
Quietude: July 23rd, 2017
Photo Credit: Will Wilson I grew up in South Florida and water was an enormous presence in our world. We went to the beach. We went deep sea fishing. We sat on the inlet walls fishing for sheep-head. We had picnic suppers at the end of hot days. We walked the pier. We hunted shells…. [Read More]