Hadassah, also known as Esther in the Bible, was an orphan girl who was forced into a scenario where a ruler made bad choices to suit His pride and selfish desires. But she belonged to God so with encouragement from

I was anxious to get some house plants out onto my deck. It’s spring, right? Out they went. The wind caught my Elephant Ears plant and it was upended, twice. I took it back in and repotted it. Another obviously

I was listening to a friend talk about an incident from the past. They were feeling very badly. Regret has that effect. I know. I’ve been there. It got me thinking. Looking in your rear-view mirror is wise when you

Using a cell phone is new to me, so when I found my calls weren’t coming in I couldn’t figure out why. A friend mentioned maybe I was in silent mode and sure enough when I looked, I was. Sometimes

I was away from home, staying at a motel for a wedding. Sitting outside at a picnic table, I looked up and there was a mother bird with food in her mouth. Up came two little heads and she fed

It started innocently, almost imperceptibly, but it happened. Just a very small stray cat, near death, came to live with me. She never jumped on the furniture, mostly rested beneath my old rocking chair. But, slowly, changes have happened, and

I have a cousin in the Maritimes and she is a woman of character and encouragement. While the clouds were still covering the sun today, she wrote, “It’s going to be a great day!” What an attitude! My dad was

I picked a thousand-piece puzzle to work on this winter. It’s a picture of dozens and dozens of different types of dogs. What was I thinking? I might find two pieces in a day. Might! It’s so hard I’ve nearly

You can’t see the wind, yet there is evidence it is all around. You can’t see air, yet without it we would succumb within about four minutes or so. So we know that air does exist. You can’t see God,

As long as my little stray cat has lived with me, a year now, I have owned a small plant with long leaves. So it took me by surprise, the other day, when I noticed the leaves rustling. Sure enough,