The ripple effect. You throw a stone into the water and the ripples extend far beyond what you can see. Our lives are like that in so many ways. The things we do affect others, not just ourselves. I recently read through the life of King David, and instead of […]
My father loved to tell us “There are two kinds of people in the world. . .” Usually, that would be completed with something like “the quick and the hungry”. Which is actually humorous coming from this kind man who is not selfish in that way at all. Reality is, […]
Let prayer be the key to the day and the bolt to the nacht. Bishop Miah The Amish Candymaker by Laura V. Hilton For some, prayer is an act of desperation, the last resort. For others, prayer is an ongoing conversation with a dear friend, their loving Father. While I […]
I had not known of author Rachel J. Good at this time last year, and yet I have now read four of her books. She has a way of introducing very interesting aspects of Amish life. Kyle struggled with guilt and grief from his past. And he dealt with pride […]
My younger sister was not my biggest fan when we were growing up. I tried so hard to do things that would make her like me, but it seemed like everything I did just backfired. My mom kept telling me that she was jealous of me, but I still can’t […]
“Good afternoon, Mrs. W”, the pharmacist said as he greeted my mom. Considering it was a busy pharmacy in Southern California, my sisters and I teased her quite a bit that she frequented it enough to be recognized like that. I have found a small local pharmacy near me that […]
When I plan on making Thanksgiving dinner, I take the week off work to have plenty of time for making each item from scratch. I do that partly because of food allergies and mostly because I love the excuse to spend the time cooking. As you can tell, the food […]
My sisters and I didn’t particularly care for Andrea. She was boastful and annoying. There were not, however, many girls our age in the neighborhood and for some reason, she liked to hang out with us. She and I were both in second grade at the time, if my memory […]
The campground was almost completely deserted. Granted, it was the end of September in the Cascade Mountains but we didn’t see anything too outrageous about the fact we were having one last weekend for the year. My husband found a huge chunk of oak and that evening we had a […]
Everyone. Always Never. These are the kinds of words that can get you in trouble. They are the words of stereotypes and everyone who uses them is never always correct. I work in the IT field and started doing so over 20 years ago, back when very few women were in […]