Prayer Cabinet--First week in September
Parts of my state are actually in better shape after the storm than before; the rain put out fires below New Orleans and helped relieve drought conditions. There was a strip between two bands of rain...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet-- Wednesday, September 21st edition
So, what do you do when your back goes out? Rest, gentle stretches, and lots of pain medication have been my go to solutions for several days now. I'm moving around again and reduced the amount of...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--End of September edition
Everything takes awhile to get use to, for me, it's new technology. Like any habit, good ones in particular, you have to get into a regular routine to get in sync with it. So now, the e-reader I...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First week in October
Oh, I am doing the happy feet dance. No arrow through the head, just joy for my favorite month of the year. You are reading that right, my favorite month. Now, if I can keep my mouth closed, it may...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 12 edition
So I wrote the letter I will never send. In it, I ranted about the poor behavior my loved ones have had to endure at the hands of a relative. This is a technique I learned in therapy years ago and it...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 19 edition
When I wake up this Wednesday morning early, it will be 40 degrees and I will rejoice. Usually we have just two seasons, winter and summer. Spring and autumn pass so quickly that they are just weeks...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 26, 2011
So, this weekend so many things got resolved and settled that I can look forward to the coming days with a sense of calm and focused living. Not that I don't aim for that regularly, but there has to...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First Week In November
Yesterday the graves of my parents and my brother were cleaned and had fresh flowers on them and the whole graveyard was humming with people there to remember loved ones. We passed each other with our...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in November
I can come here once a week and quietly say "I give thanks." Thanks for the fact that I had the ability and the means to seek something that brings comfort and joy. Thanks that I had funds to secure...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--End of November
Love is a bunch of kale. Sleeping in the day after Thanksgiving, I wander into the kitchen for that first cup of coffee to find tomatoes and a bunch of kale. It couldn't be mine, I planted to late,...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in December
It's a busy week coming up for me and other family members. We will be traveling out of state to see a family member who is undergoing chemo. He is a good man, my brother's partner for over 20 years...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Third Week in December
So, this is Christmas and what have you done? Traveling last week, listening to John Lennon and that song always takes my breath away. It didn't help that it was so close to the day he died in New...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--A Day Late, A Dollar Short.
This week slipped away from me. It passed me by as I did the simple things that take time and effort. Laundry, cleaning, processing satsumas. Yep, in my freezer now are over five gallons of freshly...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in January
The unseasonable warm weather is ending, cooler weather comes in and the coats come out of the hall closet. I live in an older ranch house in an older neighborhood. They are wonderful homes, built...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Third week in January
This week I spent most of my time offline and it's been an revelation and a smart move. I have gotten more exercise, worked on some new skills, and taken some time out to take better care of my dog.My...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Fourth week in January
I am typing this evening after listening to the State of the Union address. I tune in now, I couldn't for so many years, just couldn't because I frightened the kids (and myself) by shouting at the...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet-Second week in February
I have put away the last of the citrus, with a lemon curd and orange marmalade set up in the fridge. I learned to can and freeze extra produce and will enjoy the fruits of my labor in the following...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Fourth Week in February
We have flowers, lots of flowers blooming away on my street. Azaleas, tulips, daffodils, and even some roses. It's an early spring here in the deep South.The parades have ended, the party has been...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Leap day edition
It's February 29th. Warm breezes blow and flowers bloom. Children call out to one another on the playground and I will spend today with my daughter. I am blessed.My brothers are well and one will...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--March 14th Edition
I have been on a media diet, truly a liberating experience. Getting up and getting out while the weather is good, because if its 82 degrees now, I know what's coming this summer. It will back to the...
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