~ 30 Days of Thankfulness~ I am thankful for: a seed planted long ago and we may have the honor of watching it grow needs met in unexpected ways girl sleep overs with a beautiful, godly young woman spending time with and laughing with a friend prayer transportation that includes heat our home people who will come and help figure out what is wrong with our heat that which is to come a sister in law who is hanging on to gratitude each moment the hope in each new day brothers that call and check on me even when they are bearing bad news May your Sabbath day ... View Post
Back Porch Wisdom
She sits on my back porch. The porch we are so grateful to have. We gather together for a bridal shower. For one of the younger generation. I visit with a beautiful woman. Decades ahead of me in age and wisdom. Decades ahead of me in grieving. All the years I have known her. She has spoken little of her grief. She has laughed and shared stories. But the raw. I never saw. Until she sits on my porch. 9 decades of living. She grabs my hand with an urgency. Her gaze does not meet ... View Post
