...when your first best friend doesn't live next door.
In Lake County we get to enjoy all of the seasons, even though they manifest themselves at half the intensity as in other locations we’ve lived, such as the Midwest or Scotland. Because of my S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder), I would do best in a …
When was the last time you set your table, made fresh coffee or tea, and sat down with a friend to simply visit? (Even typing this makes me want to rearrange my schedule so I can do this soon.) Ladies, we were made to have …
Baking a cake came easy to Momma. She could make just about anything, and do it successfully. She could plan a full meal for a crowd way in advance, or she could pull a dinner “out of the air” if needed. No one was ever …
Disaster hit in August of 1985– when my husband Gary and I moved to Aberdeen, Scotland. We were more than excited for a new beginning as he enrolled in his doctoral program at the University of Aberdeen-King’s College. We were going to spend three years …
Balance, like humility, is illusive; when you think you’ve got it, you don’t. I’ve always had a terrible sense of physical balance, and I “blame” it on my parents not letting me skate, ski, or take part in such sports. They were doing their best …
Only recently did I consider the phrase, “bumps in the road,” to have more meaning than the obvious. There is so much more that can be said if we think about our life’s journey as a “road.” (If you hadn’t noticed, I love analogies!) While …
If she could do it, so could I! At the age of 13, I decided to enter some baked goods into our county fair. It was peer pressure since my best childhood friend was going to enter, and her mother encouraged me. This all happened …
When we first moved to Scotland in 1985, I became very angry and confused when I saw how some adults were treating their toddlers. Parents were “walking” their children on leashes! I would never have guessed that sane adults would put a harness on their …
As I walk with God on this journey of life, He continually reminds me, “I’ve got this; I’ve got you.” Instead of being afraid and not moving forward in trust, I am learning from Scripture, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and …