This story of The Stranger could be all of our stories. Sad, but true. Many years ago when I was a child, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger quickly accepted and has been around from then on. As I grew up, I never questioned his presence with my family. In my young mind, we had a special place just for him. My parents were complementary instructors: Mom taught me good from evil, and Read More
Blog
Grace in God’s Silence
Have you ever known the grace in God’s silence? I have. Several years ago I had surgery for cancer deep in my abdomen. It was the third surgery for cancer in that area. So, it was decided that I would receive five weeks of daily doses of radiation prior to inter-operative radiation. “Because of the difficult location of the tumor and the radiation, there’s a possibility that the nerve to your leg may be damaged affecting your ability to walk,” the surgeon at Mayo Clinic said, quietly. Since I like to walk three miles a day, I tried to project Read More
The Matchmaker
I had a zany mindset when I was supposed to be productive, but I had such a fabulous time! The Matchmaker is the result. Betty Crocker lived in a rustic Log Cabin somewhere in Idaho where the Mountain Dew Sparkles like a White Cloud of diamonds every morning. She always wore a Blue Bonnet whenever she worked in her flowering Bushes. Betty Crocker tried to maintain a Smart Balance between gardening and her weekly Soft Scrub of her small Hickory House. One day several hours after the Dawn of as Sunkist morning, a very tall man came to call on Read More