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Lessons from the ER – What love looks like.

One of the awkward things about being in the ER is that each small claustrophobic bed-space is separated only by a thin fabric curtain from the adjacent space. Hence … the occupant in the adjacent bed (only a…

January 7, 2024Relationships

Lessons from the ER – Feeding the hungry.

In Matthew 25:34-40 Jesus gives a picture of what love looks like: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and…

January 6, 2024Relationships

Lessons from the ER – Love is sacrifice.

What is love? Is love a festive heart-shaped pillow? Is love a sparkly box of delicious chocolates? Is love a sentimental greeting card? What does love look like? Love is taking the only free day that you have…

January 5, 2024Relationships

Lessons from the ER – Love in the waiting.

Throughout my life I have had practically no experience going to the ER. My only perspective of what the ER is like has been based on what I have seen in movies and TV shows. In my mind,…

January 4, 2024Relationships

Hidden, inner “song”

As I have been “connecting” to my different plants, in order to listen to their hidden, inner “song”, it has occurred to me how strikingly similar it is to the way we each “connect” to each other in…

January 3, 2024Relationships

Marriage is … like Hot Coco Bombs!

I was at Costco picking up a few items when I came across these Hot Coco Bombs. In a blink I thought: “That's just what marriage is like! The happy newlywed couple definitely needs these!” So, into my…

December 23, 2023Christmas, Marriage, Relationships

The Holly and the Ivy

The day before the wedding, hubby and I, along with our two kids, spent the morning having brunch with the groom and his family; after which, we spent several hours setting up the rehearsal hall. We had an…

December 20, 2023Christmas, Lessons in the Dirt, Marriage, Relationships

Marriage is … like a puzzle!

Here you can see the puzzle hubby and I put together the weekend before Thanksgiving. I am quite fond of this puzzle because it was a birthday gift to me from my son’s girlfriend. And also, I love…

December 17, 2023Marriage, Relationships

Christmas Cactus Garden!

One of the highlights of my Christmas last year was going with hubby and our daughter to a Christmas Cactus Garden. I had never been to a Christmas Cactus Garden before. It was a lot of fun! If…

December 16, 2023Christmas, Marriage, Relationships

Marriage advice: Always hold hands!

In the wedding speech I gave this past weekend, the piece of marriage advice I shared with the happy couple was this: Always hold hands! When hubby holds my hand, as we are out and about, he can…

December 12, 2023Marriage, Relationships