Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Simple trust Simple prayers. From as far back as I can remember I longed to hold my own little baby in my arms. I loved playing with my dolls imagining that marvelous day when I would rock my own sweet smelling infant. Nothing, absolutely nothing seemed to compare to...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

After the cold, harsh Winter, Springtime is so sweet. I find myself gazing at the colorful tulips and azaleas in wonder and gratitude. Remembering… After a long illness and weeks of recuperation, health is so precious and renewed strength so appreciated. And after...
shining moments

shining moments

Have you ever longed for something so much that you could practically feel it? Have you ever gone from day to day thinking about ways to make this desire come to pass? Have you prayed and prayed wondering if somehow the answer was no but you just hadn’t figured that...

Shining Moments

Waiting can be excruciating. Day after day      the phone doesn’t ring      nothing in the mail      not even an email or a text. You pray and give it to God     remembering all His many promises     you might even sing a praise song or two     but then that thought...

Shining Moments

“She’s so tiny,” I said under my breath when I saw Jenny for the first time. Kostroma, December 2002. Born weighing only 1 ½ pounds.     A miracle if she had been born here a doctor said. I knew from the time I saw that short video of her that she was my second...