Every day, we have the opportunity to observe and be blessed by the wonders of our world. These wonders and blessings come in the promise of a warm spring morning, or as a refreshing, gentle summer rain. They are found in silent, falling snowflakes that shimmer like diamonds in the winter sun. Who hasn’t felt blessed by a cooling summer’s…
Posts Categorized: The Counselor Is In
Never Give Up
It took the woman who swam the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida five attempts and thirty-five years. As she emerged from the water, she said to the reporters, never, ever give up. We see this attitude to achieving great feats from other athletes who prepare for competition for years and years. But is this attitude just reserved…
What will it take
What will it take for you to reach your goal? What will it take to meet the challenges of your current situation? Today, a 64 year old woman completed her goal of swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.This was her fifth try since 1978. It was a lifelong dream of hers. Wow!! How often do…
Writer’s Retreat
This summer I spent an incredible week at a writer’s retreat with seven women authors. From the moment we got up in the morning to the moment we went to bed late at night we wrote. The house graciously extended to us for the week was large enough for each to find a quiet secluded…
Attitude Check
When everything seems to be going wrong that can go wrong, it is easy to start grumbling. We criticize and complain about this and that, finding fault with our past or anybody or anything in the present that we think may be contributing to our difficulties. And we ask, why me? What did I do to deserve…
Hope
As I was sharing with a friend a page from my book, “A Love so Great, A Grief so Deep,” I thought about all the times in life when we get overwhelmed and lose hope. When I wrote these words my husband was dying – yet there had been earlier signs for recovery. Here is what I wrote…
Vote for Janalyn’s Book
I wanted to dedicate this blog to a dear writer friend of mine, Janalyn Voight, a Christian fantasy book writer whose book, DAWNSINGER is a finalist for a contest to get her books into Walmart. Wouldn’t it be nice to have Christian books in Walmart? You can watch her book trailer and vote for her…
The Best Time Ever
Friends. They are such an important part of our lives. This has been a wonderful month for me because I have had time to spend with dear friends who have either visited me or I was privileged to travel to their homes. And the month ended with a week long writer’s retreat where seven women…
Mini-Vacations
When we were raising our children, we never had a lot of money. Even working several jobs required a tight budget as we paid bills, saved for emergencies and the future. Vacations were either camping trips with the kids or a few days off by ourselves maybe once or twice a year. Vacation packages were not…
Shadow Remnant
“What would happen if America abandoned the principles of faith and liberty? What if all religious freedom was outlawed and the Bible a forbidden book? What if the U.S. Constitution was lost to a forgotten history? Who would rise up and be the voice of freedom?” So began an e-mail I received from a friend…