One of the joys of being retired and living alone is that you can schedule your life the way you prefer it. There is little pressure to keep working hard to keep the house immaculate or have a weedless garden…
Rainy Day Thoughts
Tag: judgment
What You Can Count On
We are told that the world is unraveling. We are told that the economy is unstable, diseases are without cure, depression and anxiety more prevalent than ever before. We are told that there is no guarantee of safety, no guarantee…
A Story within a Story or a Nested Story (part 2):
My Dilemma, Anne’s Road
As most of us have experienced occasionally, after having read an interesting book or story, we stumble upon a “follow up” and it is more like an afterthought ~ a slight taste, but not as pungent as the first one. …
Experiencing the Power of God’s Love
By Christina Patterson Jesus loves you. No, I’m really serious. Jesus loves you. I know you have heard it from your Sunday school teacher, your Christian friend, in that chain email you got the other day, and from that bumper…
Forgiveness ~ A Choice
The rain as it falls on a hot pavement, fresh cut grass, and the pages of a new book opened for the first time. These are my youngest granddaughter’s favorite smells, fragrances. She had just listed them for me as…