The following is a true story. I shall not divulge the names, the place or the time but it is the truth. Once upon a time, I said what I considered to be a really harmless sentence. It was, instead, misunderstood or misrepresented and it became a very heated inflammatory statement which made someone in […]
When I was a child, my family taught me to pray over my food! We prayed over meals, snacks, you name it, if it were food or beverages we prayed over it! I even distinctly remember praying over the water I drank in elementary school at the water fountain!! Whether we were at our cozy […]
I decided today to write two blogs instead of one. The first one is a poem from my book of poetry, SILENT VOICES. I AM SNOW I am Snow. The unknowing say that I am cold. Only those who love me know how warm I am. I bring a blanket of virginity to cover my […]
As I write today’s blog, I marvel at the glorious creation of our Dear Lord! I love the sentence, “Our God is not a cookie cutter God.” I love it because it so true. I love the fact that He not only made each of us different but that He made everything different. There are […]
When I was a small child I had a baby sitter named Mrs. Sabens. I loved Mrs. Sabens and she loved me. She always had the most unusual stories to share. One day she introduced me to the Scripture Psalm 91.4 by telling me this story about some women at her Church. Psalm 91.4 states, […]
Today is National Puzzle Day! Since I am a professional puzzle constructor, I want to create a puzzle that we can have fun with on this special day for puzzle solvers!!! Below is a quotation on laughter by Milton Berle. Each letter stands for another letter. Solve this puzzle on or after National Puzzle Day […]
In the Harder household, there were certain Bible verses that were repeated over and over. One was “…let not thy left hand knoweth what thy right hand doeth” (Matthew 6:3). My precious mother was especially careful not to let anyone know how she helped people. When Mother was a heart patient unable to walk or […]
Yesterday was a delightful day. Then at suppertime I discovered that one of our residents at the retirement community where I live had tested positive for Covid-19. He, of course, will be in quarantine for the next few days and the community will have restrictions also. The moment I heard the news I thought “Here […]
Day before yesterday, I read Joli Beasley’s post about cooking with one arm. What a wonderful post. It has made me think about my own experiences with living with a birth defect. I was born with a condition called Amniotic Band Syndrome or ABS. This is a fairly rare condition caused by fibrous tissue from […]
Two days ago on Facebook my friend and former Oklahoma University colleague Aaron Pope shared a post about his great-great grand-father who fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. Thank you for sharing about your family member, Aaron. Your post inspired me to write this post about my relative who also served in […]
