by Jeanie Shaw | Dec 5, 2018 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Lives Today I’m often asked, “How are you doing?” This is a loaded question. I appreciate the question, yet I don’t know how to respond without prefacing my answer with “today.” Today I am doing okay. Today is the only day I know I have on this earth, though...
by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 10, 2017 | Devotional Thoughts
Every so often you receive an email that resonates in a particularly meaningful way. The following is from one of our friends who wages a daily battle with her oldest daughter’s health challenges. Her daughter suffers from a brain tumor that was diagnosed in her...
by Jeanie Shaw | Aug 6, 2015 | Devotional Thoughts
Exhaustion was nearing as Gracie and Emery (two of my granddaughters) headed upstairs for their naps. They were sharing a room for their rest time—since as cousins and best friends they desired to be together every possible moment during Gracie’s two- day visit. It...
by Jeanie Shaw | May 29, 2013 | Devotional Thoughts
Have you ever searched for….. that still, quiet place of utter bliss? That place where you can gather your thoughts and focus on what is most important, rather than all that is urgent? That place where you can commune with your creator and leave refreshed and full...
by Jeanie Shaw | Jun 8, 2012 | Life Lessons, Uncategorized
Where does time go? It seems I’ve not visited this site in a while. After spending the last week in Kiev, Ukraine and Munich, Germany and meeting with numerous people and doing elder/elder’s wife training classes, it’s good to be home. However, I left those cities...