My grandson loves to play hide and seek. He’s two years old and doesn’t really understand the whole concept of staying hid. He will go hide and then I will start saying something like, “Where’s Hudson? I wonder where he can be?” Of course, the whole time I already know where he hid. He will […]
Author: Joan
Nine Eleven
Fire burning People falling Smoke billowing Voices calling Heroes respond Go beyond Common duty- What beauty! Lives lost Huge cost Lives given Never forgotten. 9/11 is a date that will never be forgotten by those whose lives were impacted and by anyone who watched the horrific images shown again and again in the media. […]
Labor Day Rest
I enjoy the Labor Day holiday. A free day off of work where I can do whatever I want to do. For some reason to me it feels completely different from being off on a Saturday. On Saturdays I do all the house cleaning and grocery shopping and it really is not a very relaxing […]
Cry Out
I have a granddaughter who will soon be 1 year old. Of course, she is the most precious and sweetest child ever! She likes being held and will lay her head on your shoulder and say, “Um, um.” That’s her way of showing her love to the one holding her. But she does not want […]
A Child’s Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I shall die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen. [1] Do you remember this little children’s bedtime prayer? I remember saying it when I was a child and then I taught it to […]
White Exteriors
I have a white car. I have always heard people say that white cars do not show dirt as well as other colors. I have never really thought that, but I guess from a distance the car still looks white even when it’s not clean. However, on closer inspection, the dirt can clearly be seen. […]
Fencing In The Garden
The year we moved into our current home, it was in the middle of July. One day as I was washing dishes in front of the kitchen window, I again noticed rabbits playing around in the yard and squirrels running up into the trees. There were several different types of birds that made their nests […]
Job – Blameless and Upright
Job 1:1-3, 6-8 (NKJV) There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five […]
Preserving the Harvest
My family plants a garden every year. Although it is a lot of work, we think the fresh vegetables and fruits are so much better than what is bought in the store. I usually try to can and freeze whatever I can. One year we had so many green beans, that I opened a jar […]
Being Slack
Do you ever find yourself being constantly busy but feel like you can’t get anything done? I once thought that when my kids were grown that life would slow down. Nope. Didn’t happen. It seems that there is always something that has to be done, some problem that needs attention, some unexpected task or obligation […]