This was written in my first year of teaching full time and I was discouraged and so overwhelmed.  The circumstance doesn’t matter because I believe…

Back in 1988 I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  The Lord worked it out to strengthen me and make me more useful to Him.  Relationships…

I get so sick of myself sometimes. I can be ungrateful, impatient, self-centered, proud, selfish, judgmental, hypocritical, and on and on it goes. I so…

Please notice that this journal entry was written over twenty years ago and with God’s help we were able to make peace with the situation….

This blog post is about trusting loved ones, specifically children, to the Lord.  We raise our kids to be independent of us, but there can…

We raise our kids in a way that we believe will provide them with what they need to live a happy purposeful life.  More important,…

I love that the Lord loves me unconditionally. * Jer.31:3, Rom.5:8, 8:38-39 He knows everything about me and all my thoughts, good or bad. It’s…

Since 1996, mid-July through September have typically been seasons of anxiety for me.  If you are a teacher, you may relate!  The beginning years were…

The following is the first post I published! I am repeating it because I am scheduling occasional breaks for myself and because I love the…

As many of you know I have kept a journal for close to fifty years. I write on average about five times a week. Sometimes…