Irma, Helen, Rosa, Lorraine, and Claire were sitting outside enjoying the fresh air and friendly conversation. As residents of the Sunshine Retirement community, they loved sharing stories about family, community gossip, and adventures they’d all like to take for the upcoming year. These elderly ladies had two things in common: they all had son’s and […]
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas cookie? There’s a family recipe that Grandma used to make every year. All throughout the year actually, but especially at Christmas time. We’d all receive tins of prepared Christmas cookies. Getting the tin of cookies in the mail was always a highlight of Christmas. Grandma loved to bake—she said […]
As I’ve previously shared in this article: When God Moves But You Don’t Want To God moved us from California to Arizona with many unexpected turns and bumps. But isn’t that life? We don’t always know what’s coming, nor do we want to know most likely. Last week my post was about how God answered […]
My daughter was preparing to leave for a weekend away as a kids’ camp leader. It would be the first time she would leave her baby overnight—for two nights—with Dad. All the campers were eagerly gathered with bags and pillows and gear to get on the bus and head up the mountain. Where it was […]
It was moving day for my daughter, son-in-law, and precious grand-baby. This meant that Grandma and Grandpa, seriously, I can’t believe grand is referring to me and my husband. It makes me sound so old, but I feel young. Like a teenager, even. Okay, too far. But get this, yesterday, a gentleman asked me, How old […]
I had what should have been an ordinary occurrence turn into an “incident,” and a God moment for me. My one-year-old grandson had to go for his one-year doctor’s appointment and shots. Grandma got to go along. We arrived at the doctor’s office and were escorted in without incident—not yet at least. The first stop […]
I’m sitting here immobilized. Bad news can do that to you. I had been feeling a bit sad and grieving the whole empty nest thing. My thoughts began to dominate me with the fact that I am old enough to be a grandmother now, and, in fact, I AM a grandmother. Grandmothers are so old. […]
I tried not to cry. I really did. It felt as though someone was washing my eyes out, but instead of a solution it was my tears flowing uncontrollably. The tears dripped down my face and on to my grandson who was only a few weeks old. I’d be leaving the following morning after visiting […]
