This website was born of a desire to reach out to women with Christian inspiration and to share our stories. My hope is to encourage and build each other up through our daily moments as we share our joys and our trials, our struggles and our triumphs in Christ. With
Continue reading →Mom–the word conjures up memories, feelings, longings, blessings, and sometimes regrets or grief. On the most difficult of days, sometimes, I wish I could just call up my Mom or step in the next room and collapse on her bed with my burdens from the day. My Mom was a good listener. I was her only child, though, which made it easier for her to accomplish this. But this was really my Mom’s heart. She was a good listener for … Continue reading →
It wasn’t my birthday or any special day of the year to expect mail. But this card gently landed in our mailbox which is inconveniently located in one of these modern stations with a jumble of boxes a few blocks away from our home. When I read the return address and saw the artistic calligraphy, I wondered why my friend was writing me at this time of the year. Once I arrived home, I carefully opened the card with a silver-handled letter … Continue reading →
Hubby and I just returned from a whirlwind vacation in Europe. And if I had to re-title this tour, it would be known as a “A Taste of Europe.” We covered 8 countries (itinerary says 9, but not really) in 21 days. That is monumental and exhausting. We stopped in most cities only one night. Just enough time to march through the city with a tour guide trying to communicate with us through audio headphones that crackled, chopped off words, … Continue reading →
Does it ever seem that the Lord has to give you a push before you participate in some writing event, conference, or opportunity before you actually show up, skid marks scrapping the floor where you just dragged your feet? It was like that when
Continue reading →Photo by djclear904 on Flicker Creative Commons Each week, Lisa-Jo invites us join her in writing for 5 minutes straight on ONE word. No corrections, no pauses, just a free-flowing thought process. Mind to fingers to paper. This week’s word is FIGHT Ready. Set. Go. Fight. It always conjures up images of two men bouncing around a ring, throwing punches, proving their prowess. Masculinity is so confusing at times. Why do men offer themselves up in a bloody ring just … Continue reading →
by Keith Kendrick I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker at Five-Minute Friday. The topic she has chosen for us to write on is SHE “She did it!” the little girl wailed, looking at her smushed ice cream cone drooling on the cement. When your the teacher of younger children, it is not uncommon to deal with the “She did its” or the “He did its”. But what is really behind these heart-felt wails of the children. Babes, sometimes so … Continue reading →
I’m writing with Lisa Jo’s Five-Minute-Friday group again. Lisa gives us a word and we have five minutes to write about it, no editing or over thinking the topic. Perfectionism goes out the window. This week’s word was “RHYTHM.” no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.no no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. GO! When I heard the word rhythm, I thought of an old song, “Listen to the rhythm … Continue reading →
Today, I’m linking with Lisa-Jo and Five-Minute Friday. In Five Minutes we are given the challenge to write on one word. Today’s word: Listen Listen. Shh. You might scare them away. Can you hear the sounds they make as they call to each other? They are beautifully dressed with their feathery head dress. One movement, one sound, and they will flit away. We can only look with our eyes upon their beauty and not speak about it … Continue reading →
This is the first time I am participating in a Five-Minute Writing Prompt that is featured each week at Lisa-Jo Baker’s blog: “The Gypsy Mom.” Each week Lisa gives a word to write on for five minutes. And you just go for it. Boy! Is that tough for me. No editing. No over thinking. No worrying about writing a perfect post. So here goes! Go. Several years ago, I went through a pit of depression. The walls were closing in … Continue reading →
