Post Its from Heaven

Every so often when the kids were little, I’d tuck a little note of encouragement into their lunch pails, ditto for my husband..   (minus the lunch pail of course.) I believe God reaches out to us in a similar way with little messages that let us know He’s near and that He cares. Here’s my…

Love knots. 💜

Every six weeks or so, our “life group” sits down for a few hours and assembles a stack of the softest, warmest, cutest fleece baby blankets you have ever laid your eyes on. The adorable patterns and cheerful colors are always different and we “oooo and ahhh” with pride at every single snuggly creation when…

Do you feel appreciated?

I’ll never forget my husband’s first month aboard a new ship, his first ship, stationed in San Diego. It was busy and overwhelming and besides having to prepare for his surface warfare qualifications, he was having a heck of a time simply trying not to get lost as he moved around the enormous vessel. One…

How do we handle God’s gifts?

I am totally enjoying having a dresser in my bedroom- finally! It feels soo good walking up to those beautiful drawers in the morning and pulling out a neatly folded shirt instead of having to rifle through a plastic bin in my closet! But as I gazed upon this masterpiece of IKEA fabulousness yesterday, it…

“Rate this..”

Restaurants, physicians, movies, plumbers, mattress stores.. these days you can find ratings and reviews on almost everyone and everything. Being new to this area, I have relied on other people’s comments to help me choose a new nail salon,  dry cleaner, tile store, gym ..even a favorite biking trail. The more I have benefitted from…

The Prism Effect

This is a story about good people.  Seems an elderly man on a Delta flight to Phoenix last Sunday began having serious heart trouble.  Passengers and crew responded immediately to help; one of the passengers was Tim Tebow. This is a story about faith. Tim isn’t medically trained, but while others attended to the ailing…