I do not know about you, but when I am going into uncharted areas where I have never been before, I get a little uneasy. The reason is that I could get lost in a paper bag! I’m not like my sister and brother who have excellent inner navigational skills. You could drop them off in the middle of the dessert and they would probably beat you back to the starting point. So, without saying, I need my GP...  Read More

When we moved to Seattle, I maintained a close relationship with a friend from Minneapolis even though we rarely talked on the phone. But when I would go back to Minneapolis, I would go to her house and we would laugh, drink iced tea, and talk for hours. It wasn’t the amount of words we spoke to each other, but it was the quality in our relationship that kept us close friends. I once thought God w...  Read More

In Seattle scaffolds and massive cranes seem to be everywhere you look. Our mindset here is the bigger the better, and he who buys the most airspace wins bigger and for sure better. The Seattle area is considered wealthy because of the millionaires living here who are associated with companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and that is just to name a couple. As I observe new building constructions and...  Read More

It seems as if it has been forever since I sat down to focus and write my blog. Inthe scheme of things life has been weighty. It would be great to focus oneveryone’s life, but we only walk in our shoes and our shoes alone. During ourphone conversations, my mom would sometimes say in frustration, “I wishsomeone would step in and lift the burdens and frustrations off my shoulders.” As Ilistened to h...  Read More

I have often heard the phrase, “Wishing revenge on someone else is like youdrinking poison and expecting them to die!” A revengeful heart eats the love andlife right out of you! Wouldn’t it be wonderful to become a Christ-follower and allour negative thoughts would go down the drain like dirty dish water? That woulduncomplicate so many things on this journey called life, but life is not that easy....  Read More

It never ceases to amaze me the things that come to mind many years later.Recently, my husband bought a single apple, which was out of his norm. As I wassitting looking out my living room window, that one single apple crossed my mindand reminded me of the appendectomy I had over thirty years ago.I was about to leave for my six o’clock shift working for a company in GoldenValley, Minnesota when, al...  Read More