The white sheer curtains moved gently in the early summer breeze, wooing the scent of gardenias in to fill her bedroom. Sitting in the oak rocker by the window was the frail frame of my Great-Grandmother. With eyes closed, she inhaled the fragrance, then like a sputtering engine, she let…
Read moreFreestyle skier Elizabeth Swaney has been both praised and maligned for competing in the S. Korean Olympics this week. She’s American by birth, is skiing for Hungary, and previously competed in skeleton for Venezuela. What makes her noteworthy? She’s been called a terrible skier, certainly not Olympic caliber. No or few…
Read moreI recently spent 11 days in India, most of my time at Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission. Pandita Ramabai founded Mukti Mission in the late 1800s, to accept and nurture traumatized girls and women, rescuing them from many social evils. Today Mukti is still rescuing girls, boys, women, and babies. providing…
Read moreI am ‘re-reading’ a book/study I read several years ago. It is called “A Love Worth Giving” by Max Lucado. Max Lucado picks 1 Corinthians 13 totally apart. He wrote 16 chapters about 13 verses! I call that ‘picking-apart’. But I digress… Max Lucado actually starts the journey through 1…
Read moreShe is and isn’t what you picture when you think of a little old lady. She stands straight and tall but her walk added by a cane is unsteady. She just turned ninety-years old but her mind is sharp as a tack. Her name is Grace. She is the epitome…
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