Sometimes the things you can't see help you see more clearly!
My cousin’s older daughter has competed in some pageants in the past few years. She is a beautiful young lady and she has been fairly successful in the pageant scene. She won the opportunity to walk the runway during fashion week in New York City and has done some magazine photo shoots in New York … Continue reading Reflections of the Stones of a Crown
I have spent some holiday time with my cousins and their families. The kids said they were doing the snow dance to try and keep me a bit longer. It has been such a refreshing time being surrounded by my family and all the children. I have to give a shout out to the twelve year … Continue reading Looking at the New
It is crazy how life gets so busy. We don’t really take the time to connect with others on an in-person basis the way we used to, and the way we should. Growing up in a house on my great-grandparent’s farm, we were surrounded by people coming in and out frequently. One of my favorite … Continue reading What Spending Time Together Could Look Like
For a year or so my dad worked out of town. He worked about three or so hours away from where we lived during the week and came home on Friday evenings to spend the weekend. One Friday evening when our dad had gotten home, he sent my brother and I out to get his … Continue reading The Treasure of Light
Sunday Blessings! “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come a Ruler who will shepherd My people Israel.’ ” Matthew 2:6 (NKJV) Hoping that you can find the true reason for the season! _____________ What is your relationship to the … Continue reading See Bethlehem
Childhood Christmas memories come in many different forms. So many of my Christmas memories are made up of the family Christmas tree. I have previously talked about the special, “family tree” ornaments: the gold, red, green and white star at the top of the tree (that was bought the year we moved away from the … Continue reading Glimpsing Friendship
The secretary in the living room has three shelves at the top with glass doors, a drop down desk in the middle and three drawers at the bottom. The three shelves at the top are filled with some of the nativity scenes that my mom collected throughout the years. She had every size and shape, small, … Continue reading Seeing Acceptance
Growing up, we lived in a house that had a sun porch that went all the way across the front of the house. There were huge windows that ran the whole length of the sun porch. Every year at Christmas time, my dad would put bright colored Christmas lights in every pane of every window … Continue reading From the Light
We don’t always get things right the first time. Sometimes it takes multiple tries to get it right. Occasionally it is a process that we have to be patient with, and learn as we go. Those times that it does not work out the first time, we have to figure out what didn’t work and … Continue reading Don’t Give Up Until You See The Result You Want
This post’s Scripture passage reference: Psalm 119:172-176 When we first moved to the air that we now live as a family of six, it was a whole new world. Even though the area we moved to is considered small, it is much, much bigger than either of the places we had lived before. We felt … Continue reading Living in the Light of Christ
Restricted Vision, Unburdened Sight 