May 6, 2022 I went down on one knee. “Look at me, honey.” I turned my four-year-old Joe’s face toward me. “What’s in your mouth?” “Nothin’.” As the youngest of three, he never knew a mom with sight. A retinal disease robbed my sight when he was much younger. And my family’s adjustment was painfully …
April 29, 2022 Some years back, a sweet surprise waited for me in the airplane trip to Mexico. I settled in the seat beside the window, folded my white cane and stuffed it in the pocket of the seat in front of me. Shortly after departure, the flight attendant made his way down the narrow aisle …
April 15, 2022 What was I thinking? While friends at church stuffed Easter eggs with candy, I had stuffed sorrow in my heart. The loss of my youngest son had me living in the Friday of heartache. The day of darkness. The time similar to the Friday when Jesus was put on the cross, endured …
April 1, 2022 We look at the world and see unrest, turmoil, and threats to our future. But all inside us changes when we look at the power of God. His declaration that states He has the victory and He has the path to our triumphant life. Here are the last three of ten steps …
March 18, 2022 You read the first three steps. And now your life still needs a little more nudging. We all do. And God provides what we need, what we long for, and what we anticipate. These next three steps will lift you to a place where you can taste His peace and relish in …
March 4, 2022 A few years back, the plane landed in Quito, Ecuador. I had packed excitement and anticipation in the suitcase of my heart. What joy it is to have the opportunity to address hundreds of women in this beautiful city. And, as usual, I prepared my trip by calling the airline ahead of …
February 18, 2022 I want to cry out “Help, I’m married to a man made of stone. I wish just once, on Valentine’s Day, he would display a little romance.” Is romance what she really wanted? Here is the definition: Romance is the expressive and pleasurable feeling from an emotional attraction towards another person associated …
January 21, 2022 While in my kitchen busy chopping onions for my favorite salmon dish, I listened to a photographer’s interview on radio. He had gone into an odd adventure. After asking permission of dozens of folks, he took photographs of the inside of their refrigerators. Kind of weird? Just a tad. But I …
January 7, 2022 Since this is a new year, Here’s something different for you. Let’s take a new look at God’s promises. Let’s prepare to receive blessings. Let’s stand firm and boldly declare no dark news, no negativity, no oppression is a match to God’s power to intervene, to bring back what has been lost. …
December 24, 2021 Our Christmas dinner adventure ended up with an unpleasant episode. I sat on the passenger’s seat and my friend drove the car through busy, narrow Orlando streets in downtown. Our chatter must have been a bit distracting. Suddenly she gasped. “Oh no!” Inadvertently, she entered the wrong way into a one-way street. …