Monthly Archives: November 2018
Table and Chairs Lessons
This past summer, I refinished several pieces of furniture for my daughter’s college apartment. I found that I really like creating with my hands and that there’s something incredibly rewarding about bringing new life to something just sitting in storage and gathering dust. One of my daughter’s roommates decided to move out and another girl … Continue reading
Christmas Tree Adventures
On Thanksgiving Day, after the meal was eaten and the dishes were put away, my mama and I were sitting at the kitchen table, looking at the pictures we had taken. We were appreciating a little break after a day of cooking, when my college student came in and announced that she, her brother and … Continue reading
Celebrating Anne
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, I attended a funeral. It was for one of the most influential women in my faith walk. Her name was Anne. She came in every Sunday morning, when I was a child, carrying a black flannel board and little cut out paper characters to introduce a new Bible story. She began … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
My daughter is home from college for Thanksgiving this week. My senior is off this week as well. I’m taking this week off to spend as much family time as possible, so I won’t be posting anything. I hope you find this holiday full of things to be thankful for. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Have … Continue reading
Advent Kindness
Yesterday was a really busy day at the school where I work. It was our annual Thanksgiving Feast celebration and we had close to a thousand people signed up to come and eat. There were people checking in and out all day long with very little down time. On top of that, it had been … Continue reading
Early Thanksgiving Blessings
Thanksgiving is early this year. The latest it can be is November 28th and the earliest is November 22nd. I don’t know what makes it fluctuate, but since I am someone who looks for God’s fingerprints in the world around me, I suspect this year’s early arrival was Divine intervention. This year’s little midterm elections … Continue reading
Veteran’s Day Prayers
Today we observe Veteran’s Day in the United States. It was first commemorated on November 11, 1919 because of an armistice, or cease-fire in World War I, occurred in the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month. World War I was known as the war to end all wars. The day was … Continue reading
First Grade Logic
One of my favorite first graders came into the office today. I turned around in my chair and he was standing there in front of the clinic. The nurse had stepped out for a minute and I asked him what he needed. He told me his clothes were soaking wet. Now, I love to hear … Continue reading
A Time for Everything
Yesterday morning, my daily devotional was about the sunrise. It posed the question, that if you had spent your entire life in darkness and finally saw a sunrise, wouldn’t you believe it was a miracle? It went on to point out that, we experience brushes with the miraculous everyday, but we shrug them off because … Continue reading
Prayers for Peace
When this is published, it will be the day before election day. I am bone tired of hearing about it as I’m sure you probably are as well. Unfortunately, the Peach State, which happens to be where I’ve been a lifelong resident, has become the focus of the entire country. Normally, no one cares about … Continue reading