Pathway to Peace
Hubby and I were walking this path when I noticed far off in the distance the Peace Arch. If you look all the way to the very end of this path, then keep looking straight out across the…
Gather every empty pot you can find!
There were 24 different packets of seeds in the Advent Seed Calendar which my son and daughter-in-law gave me for Christmas – a different packet of seeds for each day counting down to Christmas. Is that not the…
Dumping the boyfriend in a blaze of fury
A post showed up on my Substack newsfeed. It had barely been posted a week, yet it already had over 9k “hearts” and 1.2k “comments.” What on earth was so compelling about this post that the algorithm had…
Connection
Hubby and I recently traveled far away to the other side of the country to spend some time with our loved ones. The day before we flew out, my son sent me this photo. His company was having…
Let it drain away
My pastor made a statement recently which was incredibly powerful and profound: “You can either have your bitterness or your grandchildren, but you can’t have both.” He was preaching on forgiveness. He had not started his sermon intending…
“Water under the bridge”
When it comes to having a relationship with someone, we will all eventually wind up doing something which will offend or be hurtful to the other person. Most of the time we won’t even realize we have done…
Guard and protect the “relational bridge.”
A relationship is like a bridge. It takes effort to build a relationship. It doesn’t just happen. It takes work. It takes time. The bridge in these photos is a suspension bridge. The bridge is being supported and held…
Reckless words burn the “relational bridge” down!
A relationship is like a bridge. We are on this side. They are on that side. It takes both of us to make this "relational bridge" work. It takes both of us working together to build this "relational…
It’s not what you say. It’s what people hear.
This morning there was power-saving “Flex” event in our area. Hubby and I received an email, as well as a voicemail message from our power company inviting us to join together with our community to save energy…
Time!
For Christmas my son and daughter-in-law gave me the most fantastic gift – a PNW clock! I absolutely love it! I put it up in my dining room where I can see it all the time! Every time…