Look outside (provided you’re not looking straight at a brick wall) and marvel at the scenery. Stare up at the sky and watch the clouds move. How can people say there’s no God? How can people believe that a Creator hasn’t sculptured the beauty around us? Yet we forget that often, don’t we? We get … More Feeling Sad For Mom
Guilt and stress … stress and guilt … whine, whine, whine… Why can’t I just have a normal life like everyone else? Why can’t I just have a weekend where I don’t have to do anything but sit around and read a good book? However as much as I hate to feel guilty, I also … More Guilt Starts Banging…
Sometimes life just has you tossed around like a beach ball floating on rough water, doesn’t it? One minute it’s straight in front of you, and then almost as fast as you can blink your eyes it’s changed location. Up and down it bobs along – riding high, then sinking low. Then another wave lifts … More Mom Has Cancer
It’s so hard when your parents or another loved one gets to the point where they just can’t live on their own anymore, isn’t it? Tough decisions need to be made: Should we have them move in with us or should we try and find a good safe home for them to move into? As … More Time To Move Mom Into A Home
Ay-yi-yi – the busyness of life! We’ve just all got way too much to do, and not enough time, right? Here we go, running into the store to grab a few things and racing to the check-out line: Which line is the shortest? You rush to get your place and then you realize that the … More We All Just Need To Slow Down!
Ouch, ouch, OUCH!!! I really don’t like “humble-pie” moments, do you? Yes, I know the Lord works everything together for the good of those that love Him (Romans 8:28), but when you find yourself right in the middle of something that you really believe you’re supposed to do – and then it fails – I … More “Bad Girl” Linda Feels … Well … Bad
Ah, an ocean beach… To me there’s nothing quite as relaxing as looking far out onto the horizon and seeing nothing but water stretching on and on and on. And the sound… If waves lapping onto the beach don’t put you into a type of sleep-induced coma, nothing can (in my opinion, of course). So … More Didn’t Plan On This Happening!
I’ve never surfed a wave (as a matter of fact I doubt I could even stand on a surfboard for more than a second), yet I do find it fascinating to watch those who really know what they’re doing. There they are, lying on their boards patiently waiting for that really big wave to arrive. … More Slam! Back Down We Go…
As I completed my blog series on my dad and his emotional problems which started with The Battle For The Mind, I found that it really was a lot more difficult to write about than I first anticipated. The picture from my final post (Beauty From Ashes) haunted me as seeing him like that was … More Joy Bubbling Through Tears
As time never stands still, life went on after dad ran away from the hospital (Dad Takes Off), and unfortunately I went through the remainder of my teenage years getting in a lot of trouble (Enough Of This Whole School Thing). I really can’t blame it on my dad leaving, and I really can’t blame … More Beauty from Ashes
The God Of All Comfort 