A quick and handy guide to get your lists and life under the control of a life-settling Savior!
✅ I totally missed Father’s Day - No fathers at my house, and, besides, I got behind schedule. ✅ My dad would tell me I’ve always got too much going on. ✅ Yup. I can hear your voice in my head, dad. I think about you often. ✅ My dad gave me lots of life … Continue reading Dad’s Life Tips
✅ It’s been a while since I stepped onstage ✅ I’ve come back to share love. ✅ Onstage to help the audience escape ✅ Rest ✅ Relax ✅ Laugh ✅ Sing ✅ Play along ✅ Backstage ✅ I want to help workers and performers ✅ Encouraging ✅ Listening ✅ Comforting ✅ Praising ✅ Hopefully … Continue reading Song & Dance …Onstage Again
Oh, Aunt Dilly! You make me so mad! I made my decision. Now you’re needling me -Stop talking to me! Be quiet, for Heavens sake! Do you have an Aunt Dilly? Don’t start searching your family tree. Aunt Dilly is the still, small voice in the back of your head which makes you doubt your decisions. … Continue reading Dealing with Doubt: Meet Aunt Dilly
I followed the back roads to get home. I drove past long-forgotten places. They sagged with history and, sometimes, poverty. The highway would’ve been faster, but I like the back roads. They hold secret treasures. Bumpus Mills was an unlikely town hidden on a hillside. I passed a mechanics garage and Bumpus Mills Baptist Church. … Continue reading The Back Roads
I really didn’t feel good. Besides, it was cloudy and rainy outside. - Good excuse to hide out. But there were bills to pay. I needed to deliver checks. —Didn’t somebody say fresh air helps the common cold and cough? Donning my sweat pants and ski cap, I was off to walk the streets of … Continue reading Home
Precious ones. We cannot park in this world without being punched by pain. Physical or emotional pain is part of passing through this imperfect place. But, guess what? So is joy in the journey. The big question is: Can we make peace with pain and still experience joy in the journey? My answer is: YUP. … Continue reading Making Peace with Pain …and moving forward
Sometimes I watch mindless comedies. I laugh loud and hard at the jokes. Good thing I’m alone. My guffaws fill the room. “Laugh” is number seven on my Top Ten Tips for Coping. Please embrace laughter in your day. My daughter buddies are quick to laugh. Silliness can saturate their room. Their giggles are … Continue reading Feeling Low? Laugh!
✅ Worried? ✅ Worn out? ✅ Write it down! Write is number six on my Top Ten List for Coping. I write a lot. In 1963, when I was 7, my Grandad handed me a little General Electric notebook. It was a tiny, bound datebook, an early advertising give-away. To me...it was a treasure. I … Continue reading Top Ten Tips on Coping! #6 Write!
I’ve got pretty good vision, but I’ve been having trouble seeing lately. There’s a drape of confusion and pain covering stuff around me and, I have to admit, it’s hard for me to see beyond my loss. God’s patient with me, though. He’ll help me figure it out. God will help you figure … Continue reading Looking Beyond Loss
Sometimes I walk a windswept beach. An orange ball dips. Golden light settles on the horizon. Sunset prize over, other beach walkers move back inside. I’m alone. I walk and let the dark shore cloak me. Peace pulls at my toes. Weary waves sing me home. Sometimes I walk down 21 stairsteps to a mosaic … Continue reading Don’t Worry: Walk!
Confessions of a Type A Woman 