Daily Blessing

Get-well flower song!

Sickness continued to hold my home in its vice-like grip! A second bouquet of bright cheery get-well flowers arrived. And just like happened with the first get-well flower arrangement, the sickness was so all-consuming that the thought never…

January 11, 2024Gratitude

What love looks like …

Midway through the morning a call came in from the specialist’s office: "The high-end specialist (who is booked out clear into April) just so happens to have an appointment available this afternoon. If you can make it in…

January 10, 2024Relationships

What does love look like?

It had been freeze-raining all morning. And the weather forecast was calling for snow in the afternoon. Sure enough, around 11am the freeze-rain turned to snow. There were a couple of really important medical appointments that afternoon. But…

January 9, 2024Relationships

Droopy … but still singing!

The entrance into the new year of 2024 brought with it sickness which took hold of my home with vengeance! 2024 has been a dumpster-fire of a year so far! Not just for us, but for everyone whom…

January 8, 2024Gratitude

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

Pondering penguins … and the purpose of life.

Over Christmas break, hubby and I watched a fascinating documentary about the first Triathlete ever to complete an Iron Man challenge in Antarctica! The title of the documentary is: Project Iceman (you can watch it here if you would…

January 2, 2024Gratitude