Tag: prayer
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The Burden Of The Body
Photo courtesy of Ramiro Pianarosa on Unsplash My mind has been lost in a haze of the must-dos and the should-have-finished. Thanksgiving is in a week, and I’m not ready for it or any holiday mentality. Not an atypical response to intense times; we’re in the midst of a challenging month. We’ve lost two dear […]
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Consequences Are Life
There are challenges all over the world over which we have no control. Forces of nature number among those. When Hurricane Ian came through, slowly, with a proliferation of rain, nobody knew exactly what to expect. The anticipated course was going close to Tampa, Florida. It went further south, totally destroying Fort Meyers and taking […]
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It’s An All-World Problem
Crises are part of life. No one anywhere is immune from suffering. Calamity isn’t limited to groups based on gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or borders, nor is it relegated to one part of the world. These are all-world problems, issues that will influence our lives no matter where or how we live. Situations whose […]
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I Want To Do It All!
“Why don’t you just go to bed?” My husband was being kind, but I bristled. My little sister had just come into town–she hadn’t been to my home in many years, and I wanted to talk to her. She arrived late, and it had been a long day of work and supporting our favorite soccer […]
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Life Can Be Prickly
We’ve had unseasonably cold weather for Florida. It drops into the low 30’s at night, which for someone raised in the Midwest shouldn’t be a big deal. I’ve lived in hot and humid long enough that it’s a huge deal. Even for those who are visiting who come from cold and snowy climes, this is […]
Tip of My Iceberg 