Daily Blessing

Keys to Relationship – It’s the “little” words

Realize that it's the little (seemingly insignificant) words that often make the greatest impact, for the good or the bad. Words matter. A few weeks ago, I wrote about fire lookout towers … and how it is important to…

August 21, 2022Marriage, Relationships

Three-times-tried Trail

There is a hiking trail up near Mt. Baker which we have attempted three times. It all began in early Spring 2005. We were out for a Saturday adventure and, stopping by the North Cascade Park Headquarters, we…

August 20, 2022Relationships

Warmth without weight

This past Saturday hubby and I went hiking. We arrived at the trailhead parking lot at 7:45am, high in the Mt. Baker Wilderness … and it was chilly! I was so thankful I had brought along my lightweight…

August 19, 2022Marriage, Relationships

Scorched First-fruits

Hubby and I went out early to try to get our outdoor work done before the sun got high and hot. Hubby was busy toting wheelbarrow-fuls of split firewood over to the shed where he was stacking them. …

August 18, 2022Grief, Relationships

Time in the Garden

A relationship is like a garden. Here you can see a photo of my garden. Sad … isn’t it. If you look closely, you can just barely find the pitiful little zucchini and pumpkin plants amongst the weeds. …

August 17, 2022Relationships

Stones to throw … or stones to pave with

Here you can see a corner of the back yard where I attempted to grow sunflowers last year. The sunflowers did not do well … as you can probably guess just by looking at the ground. This area…

August 16, 2022Relationships

Reading Between the Lines

To effectively show love in both small ways and in big ways, we must truly know the person with whom we are in relationship. I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one of my daughter’s 40 gifts to me…

August 15, 2022Relationships

Show Love in Big Ways

When we think of showing love in big ways our first automatic response is that this requires lots of money. To show love in a big way means to spend a large amount of money on someone else. …

August 14, 2022Relationships

Show Love in Little Ways

It was a cold dreary morning, this past February, as I dragged myself out of bed and headed to the kitchen to fix breakfast. And there … sitting on the counter next to my special mug, was a…

August 13, 2022Relationships

Confidence in an untrustworthy sprinkler

It has been over 90 degrees every day this week! The plants in the front flowerbed need water. So, early this morning I set up the sprinkler … a revolving, rotating sprinkler. After much adjusting of the water…

August 12, 2022Relationships