Anyone who knows me, knows I love fall. I can’t wait for pumpkins, falling leaves, crisp mornings and crunchy apples, mulled cider, roasted pumpkin seeds, and the silly fun of Halloween. In the waning days of August, I made an impulse buy of a ceramic Jack-a-lantern luminary and a masked hedgehog (named Nutmeg) whose legs dangle over the edge of the mantel. I will try to restrain myself and not display these until October. It will be challenging. As I was helping our …
Tag: Gratitude
Getting Back to the Future
I got my second vaccination the other day. I underestimated how exciting that would be. It is gradually dawning on me that it will soon be safer to see people and do things. Of course, caution is still advised until more people get vaccinated and the rates of infection drop. Nonetheless, it is thrilling. Headlines speak of when we can get back to normal. But what will normal really look like after a year in …
Peace and the Potato
Who knew that growing potatoes in flower pots could be so satisfying? This is something that I discovered during my pandemic gardening adventures. It was such an odd summer. Now summer is ending, but not the odd. Many of us have tried things that we would never attempt in the Before Times - pandemic projects like baking sourdough bread, sewing masks, and painting. Home improvement stores have experienced a surge in sales as …
Be Still
"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"Psalm 46:10 The Earth is at peace. The hum of human activity quieted. Even Earth's upper crust is moving just a little less as everything pauses in the pandemic. Photos of empty streets around …
Thankful for Thanksgiving
They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.Psalm 145:7 I was thankful for clear roads as I dropped off our daughter at the airport for what ended up being a long wait to fly home. As I drove home, buffeted by winds under a threatening sky, I thought about what makes Thanksgiving possibly …
SMALL MOMENTS FULL OF GRACE 