Were you taught that if you want something, you had to work for it? Me, too! If we want a better salary, then we get a degree and qualify for a better job. If we want to take our family on vacation, we work overtime, do side jobs, or take
Making Room to Grow
What is more beautiful in spring than a spread of colorful blossoms to dispel the gloom of winter? Nothing I can think of. But to have that, fall is the time of year for planting spring bulbs–whilst freezing my butt off! I went to the local Master Gardeners bulb sale
Live in the Now
Do you often beat yourself up for mistakes? Yeah, I’m guilty as charged. I don’t fret so much about the mistakes I made growing up or the ones I made in university, but the ones I made as a parent when Ian was younger. The evil one knows how to
Drifted Away
Have you ever swum in a lake or in an ocean and gotten disoriented so that you drift farther from shore than you intended to swim? You have a moment of panic. Then you spot the shore and swim parallel to the beach and follow the breaking waves back at
Living on God’s Timing
Are we supposed to give thanks for everything? First Thessalonians 5:18 says that we should, but does that mean everything? Do I still give thanks for the autoimmune diseases living like assassins inside my body? An autoimmune disease attacks one’s own individual body organs or systems. If it attacks joints,