Dear Elisia Jane, Soon it will be a year since you left us. So soon, too soon, so sudden. We didn’t know–I didn’t know–that the hugs you gave on Easter would be the last I’d feel your touch. This Thursday would have been your fourteenth birthday. A reminder of the day you were born bringing […]

  Winter has never been my favorite season. The days are shorter. Darkness prevails. Storms bring their mix of snow and freezing rain. I’ve never been into the sports of the season as I fail to understand the attraction of sliding down a hill in freezing weather or slipping and falling on a frozen pond. […]

Winter Butterflies

  Wednesday February 1, 2023 Happy tears this morning as I think back to the unexpected gift I received yesterday afternoon. It had been an intense day. I sat in my favorite chair, water in hand, feeling heavy hearted. My head was splitting. The world situation and concerns for my family were weighing on me. […]

  Titus 2:11-15 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; 14Who gave […]

A Christmas Letter

                              When winter comes and winds are cold and keen, When nights are darkest, though the stars shine bright,  When life shrinks to its roots, or sleeps unseen, Then may He bless and bring you to His Light.  For He has […]