Hebrews 13:2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Once in a while you run into a person that lights up your world. I met such a lady this past weekend while strolling up a path beside New River. Her name was Mary, but she said her special friends call her Bunny. Not Bonnie, but Bunny. That’s what her Daddy nicknamed her when she was a little tike.

Mary was looking for somewhere to pull her teardrop…

I celebrated my 54^th birthday this past Saturday. I’m hoping more inner wisdom will come with the added year. At least then I’ll have something better to show for living twelve more months than additional gray hair and a rounder middle.

This year I hope to pick and choose the most important things and discard the petty stuff I don’t enjoy doing. What’s really important in life? To me many things: My faith, family, writing, watching my only granddaughter grow up,…

Hebrews 13:2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Do you believe in angels? I sure do. Do I believe our loved ones come back to earth in the form of an angel to help and comfort us? No. Two reasons why. First, God created specific beings called angels to be His messengers and helpers. Second, once we die and go to heaven God will not send us back to this sinful world. That would be too…

Once upon a snowy Christmas Eve young Emily sat snuggled up in the crook of her grandma’s arm. The open fire sizzled and popped, sometimes spewing a few sparks onto the black speckled linoleum. Emily pulled her special fuzzy blanket, the one imprinted with hundreds of kitty cats up under her chin. Emily loved cats. The room was warm, but Emily snuggled anyway. She always felt safe and loved when she was with her grandma she called Gigi.

“Gigi, do you believe in Santa Claus?”…