Over the past few weeks, I have noticed that our “FREE WILL” gets us into more trouble in our lives than other things.  FREE WILL is an obstacle for many, especially children who are “testing” the do this not this of their parents “parenting” of a little ones FREE...

What does this title phrase mean in the picture above to you?  Can we as women be a “Woman of Faith” and only be that woman in a Sunday, worship service, or does it mean something more?  Of course, it means something more.  For years I have seen this scenario play out...

The other day, as I was writing and thinking about something I read, this memory emerged from my past. The item I read, was a grandmother asking this question: “What do my own grandchildren know about who I was in my life?”  She discussed how they knew her as their...

Lately, it seems that I am reminising about my life in Japan.  A feed came across my Facebook page, where others who lived in Northern Honshu began to post and I was fascinated.  The black and white photos sent me straight back to my high school years living there. ...

1965 proved to be a banner year of learning for a twelve-year-old girl. My father was an Air Force Officer with four little girls aged 6,8,10 & 12, and a wife and needed to take a second job to make ends meet. Our family was in a one-year duty rotation in the U.S....

Have you torn in the towel and just felt, worn out, tired and discouraged this spring? You are not alone in this feeling. There are times when each of us needs to S-T-O-P and take a break, and sometimes we need to take a break from something and people we may...

We are well into March 2026! I don’t know about you, but my eyes are itching, I am sneezing, my head is in a fog, and I would love to be outside in my garden, but I longingly look out my window and see blooms everywhere and my car is covered in a yellow fuzz! We often...

During a recent Sunday worship service, God gave me this during a song.  God often speaks to me, not audibly but rather in what I sometimes call a “download.”  I stopped singing and turned to the back of my bulletin and began writing furiously as the words flowed from...

What is the definition of a “good habit”? A good habit is one that you have made a decision about doing each and every day of your life.  A simple lifetime of good habits is akin to:  brushing your teeth every day – the old saying is “only brush the teeth you want to...

Wow, 2025, what a wild ride this has been! Personally, my life has been a roller coaster vs a Ferris wheel. I had to make some big decisions, lots of travel coast to coast. New health progress and health setbacks. New growth, books read, programs help me grow and...