When I was a little girl, my parents had houseguests who were from Romania. They had been in a concentration camp in Europe during World War II. They never gave up and they eventually escaped to freedom. Their courage and fierce determination never gave up. The truth of their story lives on in my life […]
Are you one of the fortunate people in the world who has had a best friend who just happened to be a cat or a dog? Well, then this blog is for you! In my life time I have been blessed by the joy and pleasure of being loved by five fantastic dogs and eight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Happy New Year! Friends, as we all know today marks the beginning of a New Year! What are we going to do with this fresh start? Are we going to waste it or are we going to do something wonderful with it? I vote we do something superb with this glorious gift of 365 beautiful […]
Hello, Dear Friends! Today is December 1. This was the first day of the Christmas Season for my parents and me when I was growing up. Today was the day Mother and I started decorating for Christmas by putting up our Christmas tree! We always had an artificial tree, not because we preferred artificial trees, […]
