that happy, exuberant expression of bliss
When is it time for a widow to remove her wedding rings? Â The answer is whenever, if ever. Â I knew in June after returning from Mount St Helens that I would no longer wear my wedding rings. Â I took them off and set them in the velvet lined drawer next my Beloved’s ring.
Though my finger is not bare. Â …
A good cup of coffee and savory breakfast complements my morning musing with God. The song ‘Reckless Love‘ is playing over and over in my mind. I allow God to take those words and work in me His morning devotion. I reflect on the moments spent with Maggie in the kitchen and am drawn to our conversation of pie weights. Pie weights are used to keep an unfilled pie crust from puffing up and shrinking away from the sides of the pan. How do pie weights muse with reckless love? …
I initially entered the field of Emergency Services because around the age of 11, I was told I would be too short to lift anyone into an ambulance. Â Really? …
I sit here gazing at this large crater. This huge rock with a big scar. Parts of it are strewn across the landscape – moved by the inertia of power from within that had to escape the confines of its earthy shell prison; …
Blessed Assurance – I take that blessed assurance and at times behave as if it is blessed insurance.  …
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I am the type of mother that calls her kids every name but their given one. Â Maggie is my Moo-shine, Moonshine, Moo-la-roo, Maggie-Moo, Ma-roo-loo, Lucy-loo, Loo-bee-loo, and Snickerdoo. Â And anything similar that escapes my lips. Â I am not sure where “Lucy” came from as it has nothing to do with her given name. …