Hope Chest

Hello? God, can you hear me? Is anybody out there? On my way home from a meeting, I drove through heavy construction, and something felt off. I couldn’t put my

Did you know sitting with a smiling lamb can lower your blood pressure? That’s what I felt as I sunk into a chair with Bradley. I had just ended an

Following another visit to the hospice, my heart felt heavy with emotions I couldn’t quite put into words. Then, out of nowhere, Mabel Joy stopped in her tracks, her eyes

As I sat in my prayer chair this week, I thought about the moments before and after Easter—the in-between moments. How would it have felt to wake up on the

As I reflected this morning, my thoughts tenderly centered on my grandson, Sam. His innocence captivates me, as does his straightforward way of sharing thoughts directly from his heart. His

Mom had a green thumb and so does my sister. Me? Not so much. If a cactus survives in my house for a week, I get excited. As a child,

She held a small wooden cross during every chemo treatment. I sat beside Mom on this day, praying for no side effects, but also prepared for a deep talk. She

“I feel so ordinary, so small and insignificant”.  Have you ever let that negative tape swirl inside your thinking before?  Feeling like what you do simply doesn’t matter?  One precious

As I sat in the middle of a five o’clock traffic jam, something in the opposite lane caught my eye. An older man had opened his car door in the