by Barbara | Jul 22, 2020 | Attempts at Humor, Family Life
It’s summertime again. Memories flood back to a time not so long ago, when all our children played ball. We were living in Illinois and baseball is what you did with your children in the summer. If they could lift a bat…they could play organized ball. For...
by Barbara | Jul 22, 2020 | Attempts at Humor, Faith-filled Pondering
August 2016 If you have never visited the southwest you might not think anything grows here that doesn’t have a thorn. Our yard, like most in the desert, is a mixture of stone, grass, succulents and tropical plants. Now it goes without saying that water is a rare and...
by Barbara | Jul 22, 2020 | Faith-filled Pondering, Family Life
May 2010 After the generous spring rains here in Phoenix, we have been blessed with an array of beautiful wildflowers and a rare green hue covering the mountainsides. We also have been overwrought with an abundance of weeds. One must take the good with the bad as they...
by Barbara | Jul 16, 2020 | Married Life, Why the title about pouring oneself out as gift
Healthy, fun, mutually supportive, respectful, and loving marriages are possible. These are not just the realities of your great grandparents’ generation and a few rare couples. No, it is a possibility for all married couples. In fact, it is within reach of even the...
by Barbara | Jul 11, 2020 | Why the title about pouring oneself out as gift
Each day in our life is a new thread, and a tiny piece of the great tapestry of human history. On some level we understand this theoretically. We know we can begin anew each day. God allows start-overs and U-turns. Oftentimes however we get caught up in what feels...
