No Need to Cook for a Cruise

Next month, Larry and I will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and I’m very excited that we’ll be celebrating on a Hawaiian Islands cruise. So I’m getting things ready so that I can really relax. I’ve already started cooking our meals and...

Can the Pain Really Be Coming to an End?

Oh Lord, is the journey of pain coming to a real end? I feel normal so much of the time now and am only taking two Alleve and a pain patch on the back of my thigh when I know I’m going to be sitting a lot. I’m a little amazed. I’m a lot amazed. I...

We Are His Property

(If you haven’t read yesterday’s blog post, please read first.)Yesterday, after posting, I took another one of my short walks and looked again at the sign. I realized I’d misquoted, or I should say, left out some of the words. The sign actually says,...

How’s Your Manager Doing?

As I took a short walk this morning, a tear escaped down my cheek because I was feeling sorry for myself. Last week I somehow did something that set me back five steps in my recovery from back surgery. I’d been in increased pain and only able to be out of pain...

Uprooted Hopes

I’m sure every one of us has felt at one time or another like God is stripping us of that which isn’t truly important. In Job 19:10, Job describes it this way, “He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.”...