I’m not a crier. As a teenager I spent a heavenly week at a Young Life camp in Malibu, Canada. At the end of our session, my cabin mates and I exchanged phone numbers and address. The rest of them also exchanged tears. I was sad to leave my one week of paradise and all […]
Carol Heilman – Let Your Humor Show
Fellow author Carol Heilman has written a sequel to her first book (Agnes Hopper Shakes up SweetBriar) titled, Agnes Hopper Bets on Murder. Modeled after her own mother, protagonist Agnes , a seasoned citizen, is an amateur sleuth who has a nose for crime. To celebrate her second novel, I’ve invited Carol (great name, eh?) […]
Billy Graham 1918 – 2018
A great tree fell and the earth trembled. One of, if not the greatest evangelist of all time has died. I feel fortunate to have once attended one of his crusades. It was in May, 1980 that I was able to hear Billy Graham in person. My husband and I had recently moved across country […]
One big, loud, messy family.
Ten pounds of meatballs, two packages of spaghetti, a mammoth bowl of salad and I was ready for the big shindig at our house… three birthdays at once. Four hours later all that is left is a pile of dirty dishes and snatches of conversation from seven grandchildren (seven years and under) and their parents. […]
A Prayer at Christmas for the Disconnected
Christmas hits the newcomer hard when roots are shallow and short, and the new community we’ve been plopped down in, is cold. If only my family was here, you say to yourself, then I could enter into the holidays with joy. I remember the sadness when my husband and I lived in Wheaton, Illinois. My husband was […]
Camp Hawkeye
I love to hear stories of organizations who make camp a reality for special needs kids. Camp Hawkeye, is one of them. I’m highlighting one unique camp that opened their arms to a boy from Canada. I hope you are encouraged as to how they made a difference. This last summer a young man […]
