Relationships

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me;   Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  - Psalm 23:4   Have you ever had the…

The UPS truck showed up and deposited a box on my front porch.    I wasn’t expecting anything.    I wondered what it could be.   I stepped out onto the front porch to retrieve the box and noticed that it…

Yesterday’s blog post was about how parenting is similar to being a “soaker hose”  …  as we faithfully and continually “pour out” for our kids  …  so that they, in turn, can be a “soaker hose” to “pour…

Hubby and I recently set up a soaker hose in the garden.    We have it on a timer, and every morning the soaker hose comes on and does its thing.    As a result, the garden is healthy and…

This photo popped up on “This day in history.”   It left me feeling very weird.   To you, it is just a normal ordinary river  …  just like any other normal ordinary river.   But this river no longer exists.…

As green beans grow, they stretch  …  and they reach!    The stretching, growing, reaching end of green bean runners are very tender and pliable.    This gives them the ability to twist, bend, curl, and wrap around things  ……

Last night as I was in the kitchen fixing dinner, little Jr. deer came wandering by.    He is definitely in the adolescent teenager phase!    The last few times I have seen him, he has been venturing off on…

Life is messy.    When we pour ourselves out to love and care for other people, it will be messy.  And in the process, we will inevitably experience some pain … and some hurt.   That's part of being in…

Last Spring I wrote a blog post entitled:  “Bird Babies on a Beam.”   I would like to present to you version 2.0 – “Bird Babies on a Bright Bulb!”   After the bird babies from last summer had hatched…