Keeping my mouth shut hasn’t always been my greatest skill.  If the situation arises, it feels so good to just say what I think.  But in retrospect, the consequences haven’t always been desirable.  Today was one of those days when it was best to chose a plan of action based on keeping good relationships and […]

Joy can come in contacts from the past.  Today, I spoke with two of my best friends from years gone by.  Both by telephone calls.  And that was the hitch.  I just got a new phone and didn’t know how to answer the ring.  I got busy looking through the instructions of how to do […]

I wasn’t born a peacemaker.  I believe in standing up for my rights and letting the chips fall where they may.  But as my age advances, I have learned to chose my battles, and most of them aren’t worth getting too upset over.  At least not to the extent that I leave debris laying around […]

There are those days when a person just shouldn’t have gotten out of bed.  Today was one of those days for me.  It started out with me starting late on a two hour trip to a hospital clinic where I had an appointment.  I saw a roadside sign that said,”Prepare to slow down ahead.”  I […]

I experienced my first foray into fundraising today.  I actually called the owner of a large company, explained who I was and what I needed.  I needed 55 feet of metal roofing, 12 feet long.  Somewhere deep within me, I felt like a school girl in front of the principal, explaining why I put syrup […]

Why can’t things be simple?  Like child visitation?  It’s been a month since we saw our grandchild.  Each visitation period our grandchild’s mother says he is sick or some other reason he can’t come.  In frustration, my son asked her why the child wasn’t in the hospital if he has had pneumonia for over three […]

How does a person choose what work they will do for most of their life?  For many it is a matter of needing spending money when they are a teenager, and go mow a lawn for some quick money.  Or put several applications in for work and go with the one that calls for a […]

How do you make a silk purse out of a sows ear?  I have been attempting just that these last few weeks.  Our ministry has an old Victorian-style house that is too solid and historical to tear down.  We have come up with the idea of tearing out the back wall and making it into […]

Can men and women have close friends with the opposite gender?  It depends upon the person and their background, I believe.  If a person can’t get past the sexual attraction, they will have a hard time with their impulses.  Or if a person comes from a religious or cultural background where women and men are […]

I was talking with a friend yesterday.  She said she was visiting a friend in San Antonio this weekend, and she was washing clothes and cleaning house before she went.  It rang a bell with me, and I probed a little into why she was doing it. “I have this thing where I feel like […]

I went back to the doctor today.  I’ve been feeling tired and very weak.  I couldn’t pinpoint what was troubling me except for the symptoms I’ve already mentioned. I couldn’t find anyone to go with me, so I made the five hour round trip by myself.  To keep myself alert, I played some mind games […]

“My nurse said she was going to report me if I didn’t get the pool room free of mildew,” my husband declared. “What?  Mildew?  I didn’t know there was mildew in there,” I answered.  I knew the dehumidified wasn’t working properly, because I had noticed a lot of steam on the windows and walls.  But […]