September 6, 2019 We all want to win, to triumph and reach success. But if you fail in these three areas, winning might not come your way. The lady in this picture with me is sweet as can be. But inside, there’s a tenacious, driven woman. Not only is she a mechanical engineer with a …
August 23, 2019 “I actually cut my bangs myself,” my dear friend wrote. I was impressed. “…made a huge mistake,” she continued, “by cutting ¾ of an inch instead of ¼ of an inch.” Yikes, that’s sounded like me. “I couldn’t believe I did that!” she said, “But I’ve had more compliments than ever before. …
August 2, 2019 When will I learn? You’d think by now, aware of the limitations of my blindness, I’d be careful, really careful with the experiments and projects my young granddaughter and I do. “It’s a disaster,” she groaned. She was right. I had placed the hot iron on the paper covering the group of …
June 21, 2019 Sweat poured from my forehead as I shooed away mosquitos. Through the sticky humidity, a friend, native of the island, and I pressed on through the dusty dirt country roads in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. But what was also warm yet sweet was the hug and peck on the cheek as …
May 24, 2019 Are you celebrating Memorial Day? Or are you trying to remove the memory of the personal battles that you sometimes fight, but often lose? Not long ago, I sat at the gate, waiting to board the last leg of my trip home. I settled in, listening for the announcement to pre-board. But …
March 1, 2019 “I can’t’ believe you do that. That’s crazy!” a friend said when I told her I travel abroad by myself. That’s crazy! She might be right. Being blind, my traveling alone could be dangerous. Without eyesight, I risk many mishaps—getting lost, losing my luggage, falling, running into objects or into people. Or …
December 28, 2018 I held on to my friend’s arm. With wool scarfs around our neck, we shivered, trying to keep the cold wind that swept through the streets of the city that never sleeps. We weaved around people on crowded sidewalks. A strange symphony of sounds played—cars blowing their horns, music blaring from speakers by …
July 20, 2018 Questions I asked. Are you expecting a miracle? Or do you even believe in them? I asked those questions. And my answer came when I witnessed miracles of my own, profound and personal. When my life should have been a mess, miracles appeared instead—joy when there should be gloom. Peace instead …
Memorial Day brings back memories of heroes as with gratitude, we recall their brave commitment to bring us victory. But why do we forget the victory Christ has already won for us? Do you remember this story? One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. The …
May 4, 2018 The move to America. In 1964, my family and I left our hometown in Bolivia and arrived in St. Louis on a cold winter day. With expectations and excitement, we had packed our suitcases with hope for a glorious life in the United States. But the adjustment was bumpier than the …