by JemB | Apr 10, 2016 | Friendship, Lessons Learned
Breakfast is my favorite meal to eat out, but one I rarely have the opportunity to enjoy. I met with a friend for breakfast at a grocery store where they serve a buffet meal. We decided not to get the usual coffee that comes with the meal but instead go to the coffee...
by JemB | Apr 8, 2016 | Friendship, God's love, Hope, Ponderings
There was much we loved about our life in northern California: our home, our church (even to this day Jerry misses his men’s group that has never been replicated), our friends, the weather, and travel opportunities. And it was the place where we were married...
by JemB | Feb 25, 2016 | Friendship, Lessons Learned, Ministry, Ponderings
Ok, I may have to stop driving and listening to news, even the “feel good human interest” news stories. In fact, two of those that I’ve heard in the last week had me driving down the road shouting, “NO, NO, NO, NO!” The first was a news story that a clerk in a chain...
by JemB | Jan 19, 2016 | Friendship, Fun, Ponderings, Travel
A few weeks ago I shared an anecdote about my missing pink and brown moose sock. Imagine my surprise and delight when I brought in our mail and saw a small packet from a store that sounded “Alaskan” to me. How fun to open it up and find these – a...
by JemB | Jan 7, 2016 | Friendship, God's love, Ministry, Peace
Our family has often smiled that my mom found people she knew everywhere she went. She had only lived in PA for a few weeks (Jerry and I had already been here 3 years) when we walked into a department store and right away she saw a new friend! About a week ago one of...
by JemB | Nov 26, 2015 | Family, Friendship, Fun, God's love, Ponderings
Yes today is Thanksgiving, and that heightens my sense of my many blessings. After putting the turkey in the oven I sat down with my coffee and yogurt in our den. Spending time in quiet reflection I thought, today I am thankful that I am not one who gets caught up...