• Carpe Diem

    The Game of Life as a Mom: Three Levels

    Recently, I traveled on a trip with my senior mother and adult daughter. Three generations of strong women who have endured varying hardships but stayed steadfast with faith and hope in God’s promises. How incredible to learn and be encouraged by different generations, the perspective of women decades apart…

  • Compassion

    A Seashell Lesson

    As we walked along the beach on a recent trip, seashells of all sizes and shapes decorated the hot sands. Stories, analogies, and lessons can be told with themes of seashells. Home décor of seashells and beaches find their way into bathrooms, bedrooms, and other household nooks. Do you…

  • Compassion

    A Goldendoodle Becomes an Influencer

    Imperfections. Imperfections that we notice and others don’t.  For about 25 years, I had a ridiculous wart on my right thumb. Nobody would ever know this, except for the funny bump on my teenage fingerprint card.  After my dad died in 1985, age 16 for me and six for…