If that isn’t love
Marry a man who will go shopping for you to buy a yellow coat you don’t need. That is my advice to my granddaughters. I might add, especially if he…
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Word for 2023: strength
For 2023, I have chosen STRENGTH as my word for the year. As I pondered over what word I would choose to focus on in 2023, I kept coming back…
When comfort & joy are found
And there in the dark of our Tampa living room with the thunder rolling … it begins to feel like Christmas. Not as I expected, but the tender mercies and…
Three simple wooden stars
Have you ever thought about the three people who have been the stars in your life? Who are the three people who believed in you, perhaps more than you believed…
Pondering the unexpected
Tis the season to ponder. We are just a few days into December. I have a challenge for you. Did you know that the book of Luke in the Old…
Lights, patience & a bubble bath
Tis the season to be jolly … until the lights go out on my Christmas tree. Then, “Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it’s off to the store I go.” And so, it was…
Pass the gravy & the grace
By JANET HART LEONARD From the Hart This week begins the most wonderful time of the year! How did Thanksgiving sneak up on us so quickly? That means Christmas is…
The lies of Comparison
Hey Comparison, I heard your voice this week. You tried your best to discourage me. As I was landing in Charlotte, N.C., for a Hopewriters Conference, I was greeted by…
Of feathers & bracelets
The pain you carry today may someday lighten the hurt that someone feels in the future. My friend Corinne Gunter and I wear bracelets that say, “I can do hard…
About that white towel
A simple white towel … crumpled and laying on my Bible. I sat there looking at it. I’m not sure what I expected to happen. I just had to do…