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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Marriage is … like a warm winter coat!
The day of the wedding was pleasant, with temperatures hovering somewhere around 50* … which was good, considering we were outside quite a bit without a coat, going back and forth, to and from the sanctuary over to…