Category Archives: Thankfulness

It is Well With My Soul…

Hello readers and friends, I asked my husband to write down a few thoughts regarding his upcoming open-heart surgery. This is what he came up with. Hope you enjoy it and are encouraged about any trials you may be facing: … Continue reading

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Counting my Blessings

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” Psalm 100:4-5 (NIV) Thankfulness . . . where do I begin? As I think about my life this week of Thanksgiving, I … Continue reading

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A letter to our daughter-in-law

Dear sweet daughter-in-law, You’re the calm to his crazy—the yellow light to his green. You’re the planner of his perpetual parade. You laugh at his jokes and deflect his teasing with giggles and grace. You are intelligent, athletic, and beautiful—excited and … Continue reading

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In Honor of My Daughter on Her 16th Birthday

My daughter always gives me goodnight hugs…goodbye hugs, too. I don’t know what I would do without them. She is a girl who is excited about life, and friends, and school…the joy in her soul bubbles over as an ever-present smile … Continue reading

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10 Things I Want my Daughter to Know

You are loved and deserving of love. Inner beauty is much more valuable than outward beauty. Doing your best is good enough. You will never regret waiting until marriage for sex, but can never go back if you don’t. A … Continue reading

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