What’d You Get Me?

What’d You Get Me?

My husband and I play a game around birthdays, Christmas, or any other gift-giving occasion. It goes like this, “So, what’d you get me?” Sometimes the phrase is said once in passing, and sometimes repeated in rapid succession to wear the giver down to reveal a clue....
Christmas Trees and the Cross

Christmas Trees and the Cross

I love Christmas decorations, especially seeing the ones other people put up outside their homes. Every year, Mom and I would drive around neighborhoods to see the lights. Some were simple and striking. Others are seemingly over the top (at least in our minds) and...
My Go To Encouragement

My Go To Encouragement

Someone once asked me to choose five verses that give me encouragement as a caregiver. That is nearly an impossible task with so many to pick from. Given the season of life I am in, they may be different today than last year. But today, here, and now, these are my top...

Breaking the “I Love You” Ice

“I wish there were someone like Joan in Indiana.”             Jerry prayed those words as he returned home from a disability ministry conference we both attended. I was blissfully unaware of his thought or prayer as I flew home to California....