Have Hope

Have Hope

“Have hope.” I woke to these two words being spoken to my heart one day last week. Followed quickly were the words, “Hope is the bridge to the manifestation.” I had gone to bed the night before trying to explain my faith to a friend and why whether I see the answers...
Finding Bridges

Finding Bridges

I was thinking today about how intolerance and the criteria for acceptance has changed over the last decade. In a time when the fight for acceptance of one’s ideas is greater than ever, we as a people are more likely to alienate and even attack those who may think...
My Anchors

My Anchors

My Facebook account says I have 1K friends. In reality, I have less than a handful that I speak to often, yet I have spent countless hours reading many social media posts of friends I scarcely know. Therein, I often read stories of those same people that send my...
Not Yet

Not Yet

My life has always involved working with children in one compacity or another. Even though I technically did not become a teacher until late in life, I have always worked with kids. Over the last few months, I have come to the conclusion that I am not yet ready to...
Contentment

Contentment

Although I had felt I had learned to be content in every situation many years ago, I don’t think until recently I have understood what contentment really is.  It’s not just being happy with what you have or do not have.  It’s also about coming to peace with what you...
Guard my Heart

Guard my Heart

I am over half-way through radiation treatments. My biggest challenge each day is driving to the hospital, walking into the building, the waiting room and then the treatment room that is shared by others on this same journey. The oncology department of the hospital is...