Shining Moments

Shining Moments

The clock says only a few more hours of 2012 and I find my heart  beating with excitement and wonder. Strange isn’t it at my age to have this sense of excitement? But like entering a new store or reading a new book, or even meeting some new folks the very sense of...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Building a satisfying life is like preparing a recipe. Adding one ingredient at a time. Making sure to follow the plan. Checking from time to time to see if it is going well. I find that shining moments from the past oftentimes shed light on today. It did again this...

Shining Moments

Love came down at Christmas and still does. It wraps its arms around us like the pink blanket that I wrapped around my precious daughter on that night so many years ago. It covers us with amazing Love and keeps giving and giving. I find myself increasingly aware of...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

As I pulled out the old recipe card to make cheesy potatoes my thoughts wandered back to her. Although we had only lived close by for a short time I will never forget her sweetness. Yes, so much love and energy packed into this dear woman. She gave me the card before...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Christmases of long ago blend with Christmas now. Memories of delicious popcorn balls and boxes of  hard candy. Christmas programs. The sound of my older brother reciting Matthew 1:18-25. Whenever I hear those familiar words ‘now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this...