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My Own Miracle Last night, around 1:30, after having made several trips to the front porch, I boldly announced that the eclipse was beginning. The troops rallied! Kate got out of bed, put on her down vest, as it was in the fifties, and made her way outside. Merry, our little dog, had to...
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Look through the tree branches, in the center of the picture you will see a speck of baby blue – that is my Mother, walking up the street! I am so proud of her!
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Valley Forge National Historical Park Encampment of the Continental Army in the winter of 1777-1778 “The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything; they had neither coats nor hats, nor shirts, nor shoes. Their feet and their legs froze until they were black, and it was often necessary to amputate them.” ~...
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Gingerbread People! Immigrants brought the tradition of gingerbread making to the United States, and Melody brought the tradition to me. I do not remember whose idea it was, that we should get together and make cookies, but it is one of my Christmas traditions, from California, that I most miss. A few weeks before...
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Gingerbread House Today, I made my first gingerbread house! As Florida is Trader Joe’s deprived, I always make it a point, to stop at Trader Joe’s, when we trek around the country; on our most recent trip, among my other purchases, was a gingerbread house kit, from Germany. I have often purchased gingerbread kits...
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A Needless Loss “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10 My cell phone rings. It is nine o’clock in the morning, and those who know me well, do...
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The Christmas Village! In 1987, Kate and I celebrated our first Christmas together. We had very little to start our life with, and I remember taking the bus all over Long Beach, California, stopping at every second hand store I could find, to purchase Christmas decorations for our tree. I did buy new,...
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Such a Desire to Grow! I was walking down Commercial Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale, when I peeked into this garden, growing in-between a building. If you look past the benches, you will see a very small area, where a few plants have been given free range, and with limited soil and...
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a hand to hold at Christmas Everybody needs a hand to hold at Christmas all of us could use a friendly smile a pretty holly wreath with presents underneath but most of all a hand to hold at Christmas. Everybody needs a hand to hold at Christmas all of us could use a...
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Who is Worthy of Mercy? “And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”...
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