Category: God's Gifts
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Simple Friends

A few days ago in this little blog, I mentioned that we had dinner with some wonderful friends. During that evening we learned so much about each other. We shared how small we felt the world was as we started to talk about friends in our lives. My husband and I talked about how we…
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Flawless

Happy weekend everyone. I’m kind of continuing on from yesterday’s post in this little blog. I talked about how I purposely jumped out of my morning routine, and I was surprised at how good that felt. Well, I guess I’m continuing on, however, Saturdays are usually like that, not really a set routine and an…
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Longest Day of the Year

How many times have you found yourself saying, “It’s been a long day”. Well, today you can say that literally. Ahh…yes today is the first day of Summer, and THE longest day of the year. It’s actually kind of bittersweet you know. The first day of my favorite season, is the day with the most…
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Happy Father’s Day

Just a simple post in today’s little blog. Wishing all of you fathers out there a wonderful day. Thank you for all you do to support your families, coach those little league games, cheer at the soccer games, help with the homework, be the shoulder when the boyfriend breaks your daughter’s heart, and all the…
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A Special Boy

Wow, it’s hard to believe…eighteen years ago God blessed our family with a very special little boy, our grandson Austin. I was fortunate to be there when he was born. He was a premie, so we didn’t get to see him long before they whisked him from the room. I just remember the doctor holding…
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Special Olympics for Special People

My social media “memories” over the past few days have been filled with pictures and videos from several years ago. You see my grandson Austin, was born with Down Syndrome and has participated in the Special Olympics many times. As I’ve been remembering these moments over the past few days, I’ve also seen pictures and…
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A Little Travelin’ Music

Well, friends, I’m heading out on a business trip early this morning so today’s little blog is going to be, well, little 🙂 . Last night as I was packing and trying to wrap up emails and last-minute work tasks, a song popped into my head. It’s not a very well-known song but it’s such…
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Remembrance and Honor

I saw a post on social media yesterday by a veteran. It read:“This weekend is NOT for us vets. Don’t thank us. This weekend IS for our brothers and sisters who paid the ultimate price, who didn’t come home alive. THANK THEM.” There really isn’t much else I can add to that. Memorial Day is…
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Sporting the Red

Yesterday, if you read this little blog, you know that I was helping at church to make the fixings for strawberry shortcake. We’re serving these little gems after our services this morning. I must say, things went stellar and the homemade cakes, beautiful fresh strawberries, oh my, ya this is gonna be good 🙂 .…
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Three Day Weekend

The unofficial start of summer begins this weekend with Memorial Day. It’s a three-day weekend and many will be heading out of town, camping, headed to the beach, cookouts, you get the idea. It’s a time to enjoy family and friends and to celebrate the start of summer. I want to save my thoughts about…