by JemB | Jun 11, 2018 | Disability, Family, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Marriage Monday, Ponderings
This is the week we expected to be moving south, and we are still at home in the north. It has been twenty years since we made a major move and sold a home. Much has changed since then in the world and in real estate. We made some mistakes early on, but with the help...
by JemB | Mar 29, 2018 | Bible, God's love, Hope
Holy Week. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday. This is the pinnacle of my faith. Jesus whose birth I celebrate at Christmas as Emmauel, God with us, took the ultimate step of being with me. He didn’t offer his life on the cross because it was easy. He...
by JemB | Mar 15, 2018 | Family, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ponderings
“Never again!” Those were the words my husband emphatically spoke after our last move 19 years ago. Jerry was not saying we would never move again. His declaration referenced that we would never move again without professional help. Nearly two decades later there is...
by JemB | Feb 8, 2018 | Family, Instructions for Life, Ponderings, Travel
Almost daily Jerry and I have conversations about our upcoming move to Florida. Last week one of those talks was followed with a devotion about Heaven. Jerry made the comment that it would be ok with him if God moved us on to Heaven before we got to Florida. Smiling...
by JemB | Dec 31, 2016 | Family, God's love, Hope, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Ministry, Ponderings
Neither Jerry or I are big celebrators of New Years or ones to make resolutions. This New Year’s Eve has been spent like many others – quietly at home playing or watching games, puzzling, reading and writing. I went on a hunt for a new journal to use for...