The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Mom’s Banana Cake
One of the treats I enjoyed as a child was my mom's banana cake. It was a favorite at our home back then, and is still one of mine today. I love making Mom's recipes, especially when I am blessed to read them in her handwriting on her own recipe cards. What a gift!...
Breaking Up A Pity Party
I expected some good news yesterday. Something exciting! This news, I felt, could be a breakthrough for me. I expected it because I was given "hints" of it. I told my family and a friend what I was expecting. I couldn't wait. I watched for its arrival all day long....
The Greatest Love
In our seventh year of marriage, Bill and I almost called it quits. I would say it was one of the toughest times both of us had ever walked through.However, as cliche at it may sound, God saved our marriage.We know it was Him, because there was nothing left in us to...
Keep Doing Good!
I come from a family of farmers. I married into a family of farmers. I live, I guess, on what one would call "a farm," and our home is surrounded by farmland. With much family history of farming and where we live, one would think I know a lot about farming. Well, I...
36 More Days!
Whew! What a couple of busy days here!It's snowing again today. The key word here is AGAIN. But friends, there's hope...36 more days until spring!Oh, the thought of that is almost heavenly to me. To be able to step outside without having the bone-chilling air hit me...
A Mom Thing? Or Just Me?
As I sat in anticipation in the elaborate theater this evening, six rows from the front, I was so excited. I felt I could almost jump out of my skin. Our daughter was to my right, and a woman whom I didn't know was to my left. We were at an exhibition showcasing five...
