Where does my help come from?
I am processing grief today. I just heard from my two kids that the father of their very closest friends has just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The news is really heavy! As the…
Blessings in the dirt – Bug photobombs
Last week I was taking photos of wildflowers for the blog when, as I was getting ready to use them for verse-art posts, I realized that bugs had been photobombing my flower photos! So … for today’s post,…
Blessings in the dirt – 2.0
I went on my morning walk of loops around my front drive this morning ... and look what I came across! … mushrooms! Yes, I know … I’ve already shared a photo of mushrooms like these before. But…
Blessings in the dirt – Motherhood
I headed across the gravel path on my morning walk. Suddenly my attention was caught by teeny-tiny flowering “weeds” which had just recently sprung up all along the bark-chip flowerbed. You can see them here. Just a mass…
What will remain?
This past week Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge in Olympic National Park burned to the ground. This is so sad! My family and I have many happy memories at the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge! In fact, we were just…
Life’s Barkley Marathon
In 2017 I watched a fascinating documentary entitled: “The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young.” The Barkley Marathon is an endurance race held in March of each year. The race was the idea of “Lazarus Lake”…
God will reward my effort for His Kingdom work.
I might sit in my house on my comfy couch, gazing out my back window at the garden, and pray for God to bless my garden. The time of planting comes … and then goes. The seed packets…
God will reward my faithfulness.
“Jesus said: ‘A nobleman was called away to a distant empire to be crowned king and then return. Before he left, he called together ten of his servants and divided among them ten pounds of silver, saying, “Invest…
God cares about my wounds.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." - Psalm 147:3
God won’t ever leave me or forsake me.
"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am God, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you." - Isaiah 46:4