Tag: Blessed
-
Some Thoughts to Close the Year

Well, it’s New Year’s Eve and like most people, I’ve been thinking about 2022 as we say goodbye to it. Like many years it had its ups and downs, celebrations, and heart aches, but most importantly, 2022 brought me closer to God. The first part of the year brought new opportunities, I joined a gym…
-
The North Star

As I start this little blog this morning, I’d like to say THANK YOU to all of you who lifted prayers for us yesterday. They were felt and they made such a difference, thank you so much for your prayers and your kind words. God has guided us to continue to follow that North Star…
-
So Much to be Thankful For

We started out a few days ago to head north to visit our family for Christmas. Unlike most trips, we’ve planned it out to make several stops and not do the “all nighter” we might have done when we were younger. Well, yesterday we had a little setback, and let’s just say we stayed an…
-
Mary Did You Know?

Here we are, just six days away from Christmas, and if you’re like me, you’ve been playin’ the Christmas tunes quite non-stop 🙂 . I’ve put together a little playlist of favorites for this year and this song, Mary Did You Know, has been running through my head. I can’t even imagine the weight that…
-
Loving Yourself

Yesterday was busy. The Wreaths Across America event, thanks for your kind thoughts about this event. It was great to see so much activity around it, and so many of you participating as well in your own communities. We also had our little community holiday gathering with great food and socializing. We finished the evening…
-
Precious Wreaths

Today we will participate in one of my favorite holiday traditions, the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony. No matter where we have been in this country, we have participated. This organization is, in my opinion, simply one of the BEST. Their mission is simple to lay a wreath at the headstone of every veteran. This…
-
Happy Start to the Day

This morning’s little blog, is pretty, short and simple actually, 🙂 . Last night while making dinner we had Christmas music playing and one of my all-time favorites came on. I’ve been singing it to myself ever since, ya, I woke up with it in my head. I feel like I’ve been writing quite a…
-
Cookies and the Nativity

What a fun weekend! Over the past few days, I’ve shared little blogs about the Saturday community Christmas parade and our Christmas cookie Sunday. Well yesterday, in addition to cookie Sunday we had nativity Sunday. I’ll get to that in a moment. Let me first ask, have you ever wondered about the nativity scene, you…
-
Let it Snow

Well, you are surely wondering where I might be going with today’s little blog. I mean, I live in SW Florida and I’m saying let it snow… There are many things curious about that title 🙂 Last night we participated in the Marco Island Christmas Parade. Those who know me, know of my love for…
-
The Cookies and the Kids

Boy doesn’t the title of today’s little blog sound like a great title for a movie? Well, maybe not so much, 🙂 . Anyway, just wanted to share a little about a fun event that is happening this weekend. Each year at our church, the second Sunday of December is “cookie Sunday”. Sounds pretty good…