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Busy Road
Our little gravel road was hopping with activity at the crack of dawn today. The garbage truck came by before 6:00, and I was out walking by 7:15. The yearling doe was by the bridge when I got there. Either she snuck out when her mom wasn’t looking or Mom didn’t...
And Me Without My Camera
I’m really, really glad that the picture of the doe I took last week showed up. Turns out, I had moved it where I though I had. But I’d labeled it “doe” and not “deer” which was the word I entered in the search program. But the reason I’m really, really glad I found...
I’m Becoming My Grandma
A few years ago my older sister, who hit fifty long before I did, said she was getting more like our Grandma Hess (our mother’s mother) every year. “Maybe it’s happening to you,” I thought, “but it won’t happen to me.” I was so wrong! Since turning fifty almost three...
Rest for the Weary
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 I woke with a headache, the kind that laughs at Tylenol, and knew it would be a long day. I pushed through my exercise routine and Bible study. But after the first round of my...
The Help
My favorite books are the ones where the characters are genuine, the plot compelling and not totally predictable, the story world so vivid I enter it, and the issues raised so realistically presented that I think about them long after finishing the book. The Help did...
Counting Blessings
Today is not my best day ever. I have a bad headache, I’m tired from too much weekend and overwhelmed by deadlines. Three dear friends shared hard, hard struggles with me yesterday, and I can’t fix what’s wrong. The weeds are growing and there’s no time to pull them....