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Daily Living

Calm after the storm

Let me give you a background story to this picture inserted in the post: it was taken after some short minutes after a period of turbulence on a flight While it lasted, everyone had to stay strapped in, refreshments could not be served, no one could use the restrooms Some
Posted June 11, 2024
2 mins read
Daily Living

Gratitude

In whatever place you find yourself today, you can choose: – to be happy or sad… – to be worried to trust… – to complain or be grateful… – to grumble or be thankful… What’s it going to be? What are you looking at? Your disposition really depends on what
Posted February 14, 2024
1 min read
Family

Butterflies

She sat across from me and fiddled with her braids. I looked at her. Impatiently waiting for her to talk. This was our monthly girls evening out and I could tell Alice had something to tell me. She put her lips over her straw but as I looked at the
Posted March 13, 2023
6 mins read
Daily Living

Turn off the noise

Oh! The pressure! The voices clamoring for your attention… What about this? What about that Whatchu gonna do about this? Whatchu gonna do about that? Turn.off.the.noise!!! Turn it off. I particularly heard Him say these words to me as I read this scripture this morning: ‘Don’t be troubled, don’t be
Posted January 13, 2023
2 mins read
Daily Living

Lighthouse

Recently, I had a very sobering experience. A friend I worked with had acted in an uncharacteristic manner. To clear the tension, I thought to speak with her about it both to express how I felt and to understand her viewpoint. Two things sobered me up from the conversation; first
Posted November 10, 2022
4 mins read
Daily Living

Burnout

In the past couple of weeks, more than ever, the Holy Spirit spoke to me many times about – BURN OUTS! You see, the weeks leading up to this month were extremely busy ones for me. There were times I felt overwhelmed by the sheer thought of all I had
Posted June 23, 2021
7 mins read
Relationships

Graceful

Watching children interact with themselves is very interesting. Schools have been out for the Easter holidays and I have listened to some very interesting conversations. As we’ve gone through school work, my older son has commented on how easy his younger sister’s work is. I have reminded him that it
Posted April 4, 2021
4 mins read
Daily Living

Whose voice?

I have had this song by Moses Bliss playing in my head since yesterday. I woke up with it playing… I played it on my way to work. It has just been all over the place in my head. In a world of so many voices | Lord I will
Posted March 10, 2021
5 mins read
Relationships

Don’t stop till you finish

My post, struck a chord for a lot of people (including me) and there were some  questions. Some of those questions were: How do I make sure it is really a different me this year? I am tired of the same old patterns, starting out with zeal and quitting half
Posted January 19, 2021
5 mins read