I took a picture of this same scene in March, when the plants were lush and green. I knew they wouldn’t stay that way for long. It’s really dry here, and the summer gets too hot for much to stay green without some tender care. Just a few short months later, I snapped the scene… Continue reading Living Water
Photo taken from Pixabay If I had to choose a word to describe this year so far, it would be breath. It has undoubtedly been the greatest determining factor as to how we have experienced these last eight months worldwide. Because the coronavirus is thought to be spread by inhaling the respiratory particles of an… Continue reading Breathe
I took a picture of my son looking into a soccer field through metal bars about a week ago, and my heart aches every time I look at it. It sums up so much of what I have been feeling recently. I’m sure many of you can relate. We’re on one side of the fence,… Continue reading On This Side of the Fence
I bought this at the beach years ago. Pearls are one of my favorite jewels. I love how they are formed and what we can learn through them. Let me state the obvious; life won’t always be this way. The reign of the coronavirus will one day come to an end, and we will resume… Continue reading The World is Our Oyster
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 I pulled weeds a little over a month ago. If Liam had not been playing in that section of the yard, I wouldn’t have noticed them; they were so small. I… Continue reading Pulling Weeds
It’s okay to be sad. This should go without saying, but I don’t think it does. It’s okay to be sad. The year before COVID-19 crept into the United States and continued to devour the globe, my son got sick. He spent a two-night stay in the hospital but fortunately responded well to treatment and… Continue reading It’s Okay to Be Sad
My son painted this a few months ago. The smudges on the top, left hand corner remind me of two birds escaping a city as it collapses. Given the world we are living in now in days, it seems appropriate. Several years ago, I visited my brother and sister-in-law in Georgia for Christmas. It was… Continue reading For Such a Time as This
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