Smooth Smoothie

I’m not a stellar cook. My mom? A stellar cook. Me? Hardly. But I surprised myself recently. I actually came up with something good. But hold that applause, it’s only a smoothie. A smoothie hardly qualifies as something “cooked.” And I never said this was original. [...]

A First for Me

Something happened to me today that has never happened before. I was at Walmart, waiting in line–THAT certainly wasn’t a first. Is it just me or are there NEVER enough lanes open at Walmart? Anyway…
So I’m waiting in line to check out and there they were, gracing the cover of at least [...]

Ahhhh, Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day and do you know what I want more than anything? Not jewelry. Not flowers. Not clothes. Not chocolate (although a little chocolate never hurt anyone). Not breakfast in bed. I can even do without a nice meal at a nice restaurant.
Silence. And solitude. That’s [...]

Relief

OK, so we’ve been out of town for the last five days at a conference for leaders in our denomination. I thought I’d have the opportunity to do a little email, posting, etc. Why I thought this, I have no idea, because conferences are always jammed packed with whatnot. Then throw a [...]

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