The Only True Person of Christmas
As Christmas Day approaches and life becomes busier and busier, I thought it would be nice to pause for just a moment and consider the days ahead… The presents are wrapped, tucked under the tree And now I wait, rather impatiently. . . I’ve gone over my list, then I’ve checked it twice For my family, you see, I want everything nice. The day’s fast approaching; most of my family is near. With joy and gratitude I hold back my tears Never forgetting for a moment the reason we’ll...
Read MoreHow We Measure Success
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” So says the Scriptures in Joshua 1 verse 8, and it ties in nicely to a recent challenge by our adult Sunday school teacher. The question put to us was, What is success and how is it measured, or should we measure it at all? I immediately thought of a definition I read in a missionary’s letter back in the...
Read MoreToday is Tomorrow’s Yesterday
The future is yours to make; the past is full of memories carved in stone. Somewhat paraphrased, I heard this statement recently and it struck a chord. Maybe it’s because I recently conducted a memoir workshop and watched people enthusiastically share their memories, uninhibited by embarrassment or their limited writing skills. Kudos to them! Our lives are, indeed, packed full of memories, permanently set in our past, irrevocably carved in stone. Some memories are warm and fuzzy and leave us...
Read MoreThe Most Important Things in Life Aren’t Things
This wooden plaque was a gift I received while on my book tour in the Maritimes in September 2012. It matches the one that hung on the wall in the home where I was staying. It has a ‘country’ look to it and it took me almost a year to hang it…more from finding the right place to display it—over our bay window at our trailer—than taking the time to do it. When I first saw it, I read it and thought, Hmmm, that’s interesting. And that was all. But, being that it hung front and centre...
Read MoreTo Milk or Not to Milk…That is the Question!
My husband laughs at me when I tell him I want to milk a cow. He doesn’t laugh in a ridiculing way; he just has this way of smiling with an almost invisible shake of the head. There is no rational explanation as to why I want to do this. I just do. Maybe it’s because I should have been born on a farm back in the 1800s, like Laura Ingalls. The problem with that concept is that I’d starve. How could I possibly eat what I’ve named, fed, petted or raised? And the whole idea of beheading,...
Read MoreWhen Life Throws You a Curve
I can think of many pleasant ways I could have ended this past busy work week: dinner with friends, a movie (if there’s one worth watching these days!), or enjoying an evening with my husband who had just returned home from a ten-day visit with our son in BC. And since the flip of the calendar welcomes not only a new month but sees me celebrating my birthday, I can also think of much more pleasurable ways to end a decade of my life than a visit to the emergency room at our local hospital....
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