Over the last several weeks, I have discovered more fears buried in my heart as we battled for faith in our own home. Yes, I have written about my struggles with fear in more than a few posts. To regain our home my husband and I had to shove away the fears of what might happen. But fear does not give up easily.
Continue reading “The Luxury of Fear”
Promises are great. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like promises. Especially when a promise works out the way we want. When we receive a promise, we don’t know the result. For us, promises are also hard to keep.
Continue reading “Promises”Attending an event this past weekend, I reconnected with family and friends. We’d lost track of each other over the last several years. It was a sad gathering to celebrate the life of one suddenly taken. In the chatter, we updated each other. It was good to catch up with loved ones who’ve moved away or moved on with life’s growth.
Continue reading “Undercurrents”Legend has it that retirement is the dream. Glossy pictures and fast-paced videos paint retirees as jet-setters at play. We see them as enjoying life with games, grandchildren, family, and friends. And many of us work hard to set up future playtime.
Continue reading “Be of Good Courage”
What scares you in this world? Lots of things scare me. I have spent much of my life with some fear or another looking around the next corner for the bogeyman. Most of these fears are unfounded and a few are not. It is the ‘what ifs’ that stir up fear. When we get past, ‘What if?’ we need to ask, “What are we afraid of? And what is the true danger?
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Yes, the mountain girl went to the beach yesterday, Christmas Eve, and that is Florida ‘snow’ that you see on the water. A cold front moved through SoFlo* this morning. The high yesterday was eighty degrees with winds, cloudy skies and a chance of ‘snow.’ As I write this, the temperature outside is fifty-five degrees. We expect the low tonight to be forty-two degrees. I’d better cover the plants! BRR! {Guffaw!} This is as close to a White Christmas as we get. Can you see the whitecaps on the Atlantic?
Continue reading “A Merry Christmas from Florida”
Life shifts and we change. There is something new in the air. We question and redefine our priorities. This is part of being alive! We call the big changes transformations or conversions. What about small changes? The little steps we take towards God. What about those? Does that change us? Continue reading “Change in the Air”
Praise God! The Bishop opened the Churches in South Florida! Sunday I attended Mass in person for the first time in three months. We, the Body of Christ, were back facing down fear for Faith. It had me questioning the price of security! Continue reading “Where is My Security?”
On Memorial Day I woke to rain pelting the windows. A clash of thunder had me opening the curtains in my dining room. My giant oak in the front yard thrashed in the wind. The world looked gray through the wind-driven rain from heavy charcoal clouds. Will this break the drought? I half prayed and half thought: If so, it will be a good Memorial Day. Continue reading “Breaking the Drought”
Milly Really! 