“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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Today I am tired.  Physically and emotionally.  I started a new job, so I can no longer say “I am retired.” LOL!  But for sure, I am tired.  Radiation treatment for cancer started last week.  28 times I will lie on that table while the machines circle my body.  I...

This post is an update of recent events that have put me on a different path. To begin, as stated in my last post, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 High Grade Clear Cell Uterine Cancer September 25th. It was surgically removed but because of the type of cancer, I still...

I woke this morning with a feeling of being settled and at peace with my life. It’s not uncommon. Honestly though, that’s not always the case.  Sometimes I feel like my heart is searching.  How can I create cherished memories for those I love?  How can I make a...

A little over a month ago I was diagnosed with a rare uterine cancer.  Today, I am 10 days into my recovery from that cancer being surgically removed.  God’s grace was there when I heard the words spoken by a doctor no one ever wants to hear. And it was his grace that...

When I started this blog, it was with the purpose of allowing others the opportunity to peek into my soul as I journey through life. Transparency in my writing is the foundation of my blog posts in a world that's culture encourages just the opposite. Early this year I...

This morning I woke to a crisp 60-degree temperature outside.  I love this season, the cooler temps and changing leaves, warm soft clothes, and hot drinks! This summer was a long one. It seemed it would never end, but low and behold, here we are and there’s no going...

I have had two dreams in the last couple of weeks that I believe may be warnings of some difficult days ahead.  One was a very large dark cloud on the distant horizon.  The other was two tornadoes much closer, but still at a distance.  Neither I was in the midst of, I...

A couple of weeks ago I was in an automobile accident.  We all walked away unscathed, but had I had been going just a little bit faster, we could of all been seriously hurt or killed.  The elderly gentleman driver and his wife hadn’t noticed the light change.  When he...

It’s been over a year since I left my career teaching and all the many interactions with people and technology that came with it. Although, I miss it, I feel like I am finally beginning to value the solitude this season brings with it.  Solitude is a gift. I should...

I’ve been writing a lot lately, although I haven’t felt to put any of those pieces on this blog page. Something has just been feeling off.  Yesterday, after much struggling within as to why, I figured it out.  I haven’t been true to myself and my readers as well. You...

Last night my husband and I were clearing off a shelf to create a little personal space near my desk. We came across his paternal grandmother’s bible.  In it were several old newspaper clippings from 1950’s.  Most were articles about growing old.  My husband said it...

  Each day I have the ability to live in happiness.  It is my choice. I am the one that holds the controls to the atmoshpere of my heart. Undoubtedly, there are days when I miss loved ones or things don't go exactly how I expect that I feel sad or disappointed....

  I’m reminded of the verse in the song by Sony and Cher Bono, The Beat Goes On. I think about how quickly life seems to be marching along to a beat too fast to adequately keep up with. It’s been almost a year since we made our move to Arkansas… and retirement....

Today, I was walking across the parking lot to my apartment from the car. The hot air made it hard to breath.  I thought, “Wow! Summer is here! When did this happen?”  Seems like it was just last week, I was sitting on my patio in the cool of the day, which was...

This week I finished an audiobook I had checked out on Libby (a free online resource available at the public library). The book was entitled "What Happened to You?" by Bruce D. Perry, MD, PHD and Oprah Winfrey. It’s about how our brains react to trauma, self-regulate,...