I love spring! I love the newness of nature: the variety of greens of the grass and trees, new flowers blooming everywhere, baby animals. Everything seems so...

Having seven brothers was treat enough, but to be smack in the middle made it even more fun. I grew up with three brothers older, three younger, and a twin. ...

For me, being a mom is the greatest thing ever. There’s nothing like holding a newborn baby, especially when it’s yours. Everyone wants to look at it, hold i...

Don't you just love Bermuda grass? It is a popular grass for lawns and hay. But I detest Bermuda grass in my garden and flowers. It grows well in a variety o...

Everyone needs support. We need to feel we are needed. We need to believe someone cares about us. We need to have confidence that someone believes in us. It’...

My mom was a saint. Ask anyone who knew her. One time she returned from a month-long trip and her church family lined up all the way to the church door to we...

Don't you just love being around positive people? It seems they radiate light. They can lift your spirits when you feel down and put a positive spin on a neg...

Maybe I’ll get it done. Maybe it’ll happen. Maybe my life will come together. It’s kind of like ‘what if’. What if I’d done that, gone there, married another...

I read a while back that listening is quickly becoming a lost skill. I place an order at a fast-food place, and they get my order wrong. Once I repeated thre...

A few years ago I read a book by Gary Smalley called Love is a Decision. One of the best books I’ve ever read. I have made a list of things we often do in ou...

Those of us who are in relationships with others—which includes the majority of us—must consider the feelings and the needs of those in our lives, especially...

There is just something about a body of water that intrigues me. A small creek runs across the property where I was raised, and as a child, I spent much time...

Sometimes life is hard and I feel like I need a break. But sometimes life is hard because I refuse to do the hard things I need to do to improve my life. For...

Offences. We have them. Everyone has them. We are all offended by something or someone. Someone says something or does something we don’t like or we disagree...

Your perception is your reality. That’s what I’ve always heard, and I believe it to be true. How important is it, then, that we strive to have a right, truth...

Mama loved her flowers. No matter where we lived or how busy she was (with cleaning, laundry, cooking, nursing, and teaching twelve children, of course she w...

One thing I was taught as a child was respect. Respect other people. Respect their property. Respect their feelings. Respect their rights. A wise school supe...

Do you have an opinion? Well, yeah, who doesn’t? Opinions are important, and we actually need them. Without opinions, how could we make up our minds about th...

Whether it’s family, friends, co-workers, or complete strangers, we all face conflict sometimes—or quite often—in our lives. If you’re like me, you hate conf...

In comparing wounded souls to disfigured wire in my blog Apology, I started to wonder how wire is made. So I did a little research. I found that some wire is...