Bloom Where You're Planted

by | May 21, 2012 | Miracles, Nature, Thistle, Waiting

I love to go hiking in the spring just so I can ferret out wildflowers. Trout lilies, showy orchis, trillium and dwarf iris are all pretty common in my area. The real prizes are lady slippers (I’ve found pink, but never yellow), shooting stars and the trailing...

Just Ten Questions to Measure Success

by | May 16, 2012 | Reading, Waiting

Troy Keur is a salesman, a speaker and an evangelist. I stumbled across his 10 questions for measuring daily success a while ago and thought they were fabulous. I don’t remember to ask myself these questions every day, but when I do remember, they’re...

I Remember . . .

by | May 11, 2012 | Friends, Miracles, Waiting

Here’s what I remember: Playing ring around the rosey in the side yard where the sweet william bloomed. Games of button, button, who’s got the button, hide and seek, crazy eights and old maid. Cutting roses, flags (irises), mountain laurel and peonies from...

Cleaning Behind the Couch

by | May 4, 2012 | Waiting

Early in our marriage, my mother-in-law dog sat for us while we went on a trip. She stayed in our house and tended to our three dogs (since gone on). When we returned, I was horrified to find that she had not only cleaned my house, but had moved furniture in order to...