Month: February 2022


Hidden Temper, Undeserved Grace

“Thar’ she blows,” a friend quipped of his late wife.  A sweet soul and my dear friend, she apparently hid a temper under her skin, not easily aroused but impressive to its recipients. He spoke of it with a twinkle in his eye, love in his laugh, and loss deep in his heart. Her spunky […]

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Enviable Comparable Endings

Asaph, King David’s talented musician had issues. He agonized over life’s inequality and unfairness and fell prey to a common problem. “For I was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” Ps. 73:3 (NKJV). Comparison.  Everything from likes to houses, families to stuff, comparison invades my life. Maybe that’s why […]

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We Found the Wild Life

“Is there wildlife?” she asked over the phone. After moving from the midwest where deer and antelope play and seldom is heard a discouraging word, I paused just a moment to consider.  Well, there is my husband, I thought.  “Deer,” I replied.  We are supposedly retired here in the east. Wildlife no more. But, my […]

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Where’s The Free Lunch? 

“TANSTAAFL,” the text read.  That crazy duck quack my husband has on his phone announcing incoming texts sometimes drives me crazy. At almost 1:00 a.m., it’s enough for a heart attack.  “What is it?” I ask, a breathless panic sounded in my voice.  The phone is already in his hand. He is sitting on the […]

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