Ahhh…graduation season… several of my friends have done the tassel flip & cap toss in recent weeks, as I did about this time last year. What a year it has been! There was the discussion with my mom a few months prior that led to the ring I’ve worn for just over a year now. …
Mid-life dream chaser, missionary in training, practicing author, tiny house groupie, and opinion smorgasbord.
Mangled
Once again, a blog article has been bouncing around in my mind, and I’ve come across increased motivation to get it posted. This time, it was being subjected to John Denver’s song ‘Rocky Mountain High’, sung by someone who most certainly is not John Denver. Just as the barista and I were closing our commiseration …
Sim Games – a metaphor for life
Many are familiar with the popular Sim (simulation) games, known by titles such as Farm Town, FarmVille, YoVille, Millsbury, Mafia Wars… They have a basic pattern, granting ‘energy’ points at a rate of 1 per 5 minutes to a maximum determined by your level in the game. A player expends these energy points at different …
Deaf Kids Connect
Our name has changed, but the need remains the same. Jesus loves me, this I knowfor the Bible tells me so.Little ones to Him belong –they are weak, but He is strong. Anna Bartlett Warner (1827–1915) Generations of mothers, fathers, babysitters and other caretakers have sung or hummed this song while rocking a small child. Many …
The Mantle is Passed
My aunt Ruth Jarrell died recently, after my Divinely arranged meeting with the Executive Director of Silent Blessings. She and my uncle were full time missionaries in the British Isles. He died suddenly either before I was born or while I was an infant. My memories of Ruth are few and short. I remember watching …