What Easter Means To Me
It was still dark when I stumbled into the kitchen to click on the coffee maker. “Bundle up and sit on the…
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Hospitality Faux Pas And Lessons
When this Corona Virus quarantine is finally over, I hope we’ll begin our new old life again with inspired ideas under our…
What Are We Passing on to Our Children—The Good Virus
After my children left the nest I often wondered if I’d taught them everything they needed to know. I’d be jarred from…
Things Aren’t Always the Way They Appear To Be
The words weren’t audible but they were as clear as if a friend had uttered them right beside me. God spoke to…
How Adapting After Loss Makes You Beautiful
Life sometimes brings us smack up against a hard circumstance that, even though we fight, pray and believe with all we’ve got, we…
Hearty Healthy and Quick Minestrone Soup
You’ve hit the jackpot today. I’m gifting you my easiest soup recipe that is also delicious and nutritious! I found the original…
Prayer for a New Year
I find myself still wandering around in the old year working on the lessons begun there. I’m not as excited about a new year as I usually am. I want to be dazzled by the new number and the new decade but it hasn’t hit me yet.
So I come to you Lord, humbly, again offering myself completely to you. I don’t have it all together, but this is what I do know: You are my everything. I fervently long for your will to be done in my life so that I will bring you glory in this bright and shiny New Year.
Tips For a Perfectly Imperfect Christmas
I would speed through it all and finally sit down to enjoy our decorated fresh fir… after the holidays. I was overwhelmed with sadness when I realized I’d missed some priceless moments that were gone forever.
Somewhat Simple Soup Supper
I don’t want to carry gratitude around in seasons.
I want to carry it in my bones,
I want to rest it in on my tongue
like it is a language
that I never stop speaking.
~Arielle Estoria
How an Open Door of Hospitality Changed My Life, 1st draft
WE are Christ’s Body—His hands and feet. We are the ones with doors and tables and food that encourage other folks around us.
What I’m Learning About Love
Look into her/his face. Smile big. Say good morning in my happiest voice. If she/he starts a conversation, listen intently and make a kind reply. Repeat…