Life Lessons

When hubby and I purchased our home in the forest several years ago the property came with a workshop.   The former owner was a master craftsman, who had built the house himself.   His life’s work was custom cabinetry…

A few years ago, my daughter decided to take a self-defense class just for fun.   Much to her surprise, she discovered she absolutely loved the kickboxing aspect of the class.   Once the self-defense class was finished, she went…

During the Covid lockdowns of 2020 my daughter was working at a Physical Therapy clinic.   While barber shops & beauty salons remained closed, while restaurants remained closed  …  the Physical Therapy clinic remained open.   Physical Therapy is a…

As I have been pondering the unique, sacred, specialness of God’s Church it has brought to mind a book which I read last March entitled:  “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall.   It was a delightful book which I…

It was exactly one week ago that hubby and I hosted a birthday party at our home for our daughter’s best friend.   The party got me thinking how Heaven is going to be the greatest party of all…

Every Sunday morning hubby and I go to Sunday morning worship services at our local church here in town.   Then afterwards, we come home and we have “second church” watching our favorite online pastor.   Such was the case…

Once again it is bitterly cold this morning – 28*F.    Everything is frosty and icy outside.   I can’t help but think of the pipes in the workshop which froze a few years ago.   That year our temperatures had…

Yesterday evening hubby and I hosted a Birthday party at our home for our daughter’s best friend!   All day yesterday everything was frosty-white outside and bitterly cold.   Whenever our front porch steps frost over they become treacherously slippery!  …

Once again today has been socked in with dense, heavy thick fog.   Here you can see the view out my windows as I sat to have lunch:   Each evening this week hubby has come home from work, and…

All of nature operates according to seasons:  seasons of planting, seasons of new life emerging, seasons of growth, seasons of waiting, seasons of fruitfulness/harvest, seasons of rest.   So too life itself operates according to seasons.   In our life…