No More! No more! I have had enough! I can’t listen to anymore of the lies. I can’t keep up with the keeping up! I no longer want to be held captive! God, I just want to be free from comparing myself to others! Farmer Dan and I went to Miami to visit DJ for…

I’ll be Happy When Resolution Ever been diagnosed with the “I’ll be happy when . . .” syndrome or made resolutions year after year to no avail. Guilty of both! Waiting for things to be in line with our distorted expectations or thinking we’re going to fix something with a simple declaration never works. In…

Holy Assets Have you ever read through the genealogy of Jesus and said, “I’ve read about these people; how could they be holy assets? Why are they included in Jesus’ family tree?” There are truly some interesting characters in our Savior’s lineage. One in particular that caught my attention was Judah. Jacob and Leah’s son,…

Unexpected Beauty Can there possibly be an unexpected beauty in the Christmas story from the perspective of a barn, a stable, the animals, and the good smells that come with all that? Living on a farm my entire life, I have never seen a barn bursting forth with beauty other than newborn animals. I’ve seen…

Thanksliving vs. Thanksgiving Is there a difference? Can changing one letter in a word alter the meaning? Think about this one letter change: Sunday vs. Sinday . . .  Often when I’m texting, I’ll type Sinday mistakenly. Thank goodness for autocorrect in this instance!  So, does thanksliving differ from thanksgiving? As you can imagine by…

Who am I ~ what defines me? Am I defined by my family, how I grew up, my education, my mistakes? What is it that identifies me? 3 1/2 months old – I always have loved reading! This little gem was cut to fit into one of my grandma’s lockets. . . college senior picture…