Three Reasons Giving Honor Returns Benefits

Render to all men their dues. … respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due. Romans 13:7 Showing honor to whom it is due takes many forms.  It can be as simple as holding a door open or saying thank you.  But there are occasions when more effort is appropriate.  […]

How Old Windows Open New Imagination

“Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox I have been using the Living Forward process since 2016.  The value and reasons for this process have, for me, stood the test of time, personal trials, and daily life.  It involves periodic […]

Powerful Triumph Of Perseverance over Adversity

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. – Ben Carson On an extended weekend to attend my 45th high school reunion in Rooks County, Kansas, we added a day in order to visit Jewell County.  This is the land to which my mother’s father’s family immigrated from northern […]

Three Ways Discovering A Lost Relative Delights

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.” ― Madeline Miller Discovering a lost relative is a wonderful thing, but what if that relative did not have a name? This was the case when we visited Jefferson  Barracks earlier this year.  We stopped to visit the graves of […]

A Journey Into Mission Aviation Fellowship

In June of 2016 on a return trip to Kansas from a family gathering in Moscow, ID, we took time to stop at the headquarters of Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in Nampa, ID. We have been supporters of MAF for over 25 years, but my journey with this organization goes back much further. The Paternal […]

Three Ways Stories Empower And Strengthen

Stories Empower And Strengthen:  “What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?”  – Orison Swett Marden Stories are everywhere.  The earliest records of mankind come in the form of story.  Whether you draw from the Genesis narrative, Egyptian hieroglyphs or […]

Honoring A Courageous And Loyal Veteran

“The first night in Morotai, the Japanese sent over a bomber on the north end of the island.  The next day we went out and dug a deeper foxhole.”  – Lt. Joseph F. Cullen, Personal Diary Today we are honoring those who have served in the protection of our freedoms.  The freedom to choose our […]

Hello Summer! Abundant Simplicity, Calm, and “Stories” To Delight

“If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper…”  ―Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited When one is retired from working as an employee, one would think that the seasons, including summer, would all blend together.  While my time is more flexible, it […]

Mother’s Day – Tribute And Honor To Our Amazing Moms

Happy Mother’s Day!  If you follow this BLOG you already know how I love, adore, and respect my mother.  Since my husband and I do not have children, I did not share the experience of motherhood with her, although we do share many other things: The love of gardening and growing stuff The satisfaction of making an entire […]