Daily Blessing

A lamp for my feet … a light for my path.

Today’s blog post is from my son. He was taking an evening walk for exercise after work, when he came to this section of the trail where tree roots had caused significant uplift in the pavement. Here is…

November 21, 2023Life Lessons

Grocery store joys! #3

I headed to the grocery store to pick up the items we needed for Thanksgiving dinner: * a small bag of potatoes … for fluffy Thanksgiving mashed potatoes! * a small bag of cranberries … for the cranberry…

November 20, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

November joys … Thankurrito!

My son went out to lunch with his coworkers … and he sent me this photo of the menu board from the place where they went out to eat. A Thankuritto! That’s awesome! I would definitely try that! …

November 19, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

November joys … Beanbag chairs!

My daughter is having a spa party/movie night at her place! And she invited me to come! I’m so excited! I’ve never been to a spa party before! We’re all going to munch on tacos, make raspberry Italian-cream…

November 18, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

November joys … Great new music!

One of the great joys in my life is when my kids share with me their favorite new songs which they are listening to. My kids have completely different musical artists whom they enjoy listening to, so it’s…

November 17, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

November joys … Glorious sunrises!

I was sitting here typing up yesterday’s blog post, when I noticed the darkness of the early-morning sky beginning to turn gorgeous crimson and orange and purple! I had the fleeting notion of getting my coat on and…

November 16, 2023Gratitude, Relationships

What you think about the most becomes the lens …

What you think about the most becomes the lens through which you view the world! TaDa!! Here you can see my socks! And you will never guess what my very first “blink” reaction is every time I look down…

November 15, 2023Fear, Lessons from the forest

You are Salt!

This past Sunday our pastor preached from II Thessalonians 2:1-12 … about the Man of Lawlessness … and the coming of Jesus Christ. Our pastor asked the question: Are we are seeing an increase in lawlessness in society…

November 14, 2023Life Lessons

Mom Umbrella

I was walking loops for exercise around my front drive when it began raining. Normally, people in Seattle do not use umbrellas, because it only ever lightly sprinkles. We just pull the hood of our jacket up and…

November 13, 2023Relationships

November joys … planting tiny trees at my son’s house!

Last Saturday hubby and I went over to our son’s house to hang out together and help with a few house fix-it projects. While hubby and my son were crawling around in the attic fixing bathroom ventilation fans,…

November 12, 2023Gratitude, Relationships