by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 15, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
One day at a time. Each day. This is how I strive to live. I’m not always successful, but I have made a lot of progress. I began learning this routine a couple of years ago when I knew that any day might be Wyndham’s last. So, I strove to make each day the...
by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 26, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
It was the summer of 1973, 3:00 am according to the clock on my bookshelf headboard. I awoke to the smell of a cigarette, a man’s voice, and the feel of pressure on my back. The man spoke, “Don’t scream. I have a knife.” For the next hour, I was shaken to the core,...
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...
