November 15, 2019 “C’mon, girlfriend, we’re going to the mall.” “Whoo hoo!” I hung up the phone with a huge smile. Any chance to hit stores and come home with bargains stirred girlish excitement. Since I lost my eyesight, these trips gave me a chance to get out, catch up, laugh and come home with …
November 8, 2019 Road rage is on the rise. It’s heating up. And it’s fanning the flame of stress. Even when car keys are put away, the tension remains. This might be the reason. Studies show that irate drivers have a reason for that behavior. It has nothing to do with the highway, but everything …
November 1, 2019 Did anyone tell you there’s no right or wrong way to pray? They’re correct. But there is a wrong sense of conviction as we pray. When we ask God for blessings, we often use a mousy attitude. We request limited blessings. And imagine only what our human mind can hold. But when we …
October 25, 2019 My granddaughter blew her birthday candles out on her 12th birthday. It seems like only yesterday when fear attacked me. At three months, she was hospitalized for ailments that puzzled doctors. They ordered tests and more tests, but no answers. We paced back and forth from worry, then prayer, then back to …
October 18, 2019 I did it all. Being blind is sometimes yucky, especially when you end up with weird stuff in your mouth. A while back, I took a bite of bread that tasted moist, really moist, more than usual. “This taste funny,” I murmured. With a swift move, my mom grabbed it from my …
October 11, 2019 “I can’t remember anything lately,” my friend said. “I think I’m losing my mind.” Have you ever said that? Sometimes I’m tempted to think that getting older is a good excuse for all that begins to fail. But the good news is that no matter how many years go by, there’s …
October 4, 2019 Looking for happiness in the wrong places? The answer is in this true story that comes from Lou Vickery’s book, Reach Beyond: How to Jump Over Hurdles and Land on Success. Peter Nondemand is the kind of person who makes many people feel uncomfortable. You see, he is always upbeat and positive. …
September 27, 2019 Shame on me. Rather than enjoying my friends’ company during lunch at our favorite restaurant, traces of envy and self-pity attacked me. “Oh, he’s adorable. He looks just like his Dad,” one of them said. The other pulled out her cell phone, “Look at him, cake icing all over his little face. …
September 20, 2019 I sat in the passenger’s seat as my friend and I headed to the mall. “Freedom,” she said, “kids in school, finally a little peace.” I knew what she meant. As a blind mom of three little active boys, my job changed during the fall. No more summer days sprinkled with, I’m-bored-Mom …
September 13, 2019 Feeling weak these days? We all do. We face those struggles. There’s so much on our plate, so much to resolve and so little strength to keep going. I was there many times. And it began when in my freshman year of high school, while on that race track as I …