Noticing Life

  This is why I speak to them in parables:   “Though seeing, they do not see;    though hearing, they do not hear or understand.  Matthew 13:13 I thought that I noticed most things that go on around me…that is until today when I took my grandson with me to do...

Filling the Birdfeeder

For my birthday last year my family gave me some money. I had requested this monetary help to go towards an Ipad, or similar electronic tablet.  I researched numerous options and scurried to the mall to purchase my present from the family.  I looked and looked , and...

Be Still and …. Juggle??

My favorite breakfast place opened this weekend, where I can enjoy breakfast at a table overlooking the vast expanse of the North Atlantic.   I took the morning off today in order to visit this breakfast spot.  I had extra time to meditate on “life and Godliness” as I...

Upstairs Water

“I want downstairs water!!  I don’t want upstairs water!” I laughed out loud as my daughter described her three year old’s tantrum and resulting repeated discipline tonight.  I remembered my daughter at that age – fiercely holding to her resolve that she was...

The Dog and Pony Show

Do you ever find yourself in situations where you are over your head?  Sometimes my learning curve is steep.  Such was the case when I began an eight year stent working for a wonderful non-profit, HOPE worldwide.  During this time my eyes were opened to many things. ...