Category Archives: Reflections

Emerald Legacy

Posted on June 2, 2012 by

As I’ve been writing this series of posts this week, I’ve been thinking of another incredible movie scene that has long stayed in my mind. Child actress, Patty Duke, as the young Helen Keller… wildly fighting, fighting, fighting against the … Continue reading →

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Emerald

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

             There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count.          One kind’s wheat and the other kind’s emerald. ~ Edna Ferber . “My, would you look at all those rows of purple!” she exclaims, eyes shining, … Continue reading →

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Song of Morning Light

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,       which shines ever brighter until the full light of day. Proverbs 4:18 Early morning light has music in it.  A softness, spreading peace like watercolors, across cities and … Continue reading →

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Crayola Days…

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

…OF BEAUTIFUL MAGENTA AND CORNFLOWER BLUE… A door off to my right slammed.  The sound of running feet warned me to STOP -  abrupt in mid-step – just in time to let a small dynamo bundled in coat and scarf … Continue reading →

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Day 5: Scarlet Ribbons…

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

                                               I peeked in, to say goodnight,                                                                          … Continue reading →

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Day 2: With hearts full and arms abandoned…embracing joy in fall

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

I pushed through the employee entrance that fall evening and… like Dorothy from Kansas…  stepped from a weary black and white world of office cubes into the almost dizzying color on parade along the wooded pathway to the car lot.          … Continue reading →

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Blessings

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Maybe you are going through something tough today…  a sad loss…  fears that you are not making a difference.  Like the setting sun shimmering a path across the water, let these words lead you to His heart of healing….a “song of … Continue reading →

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Remembering…candles in the darkness

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

September 12, 2001 Sitting in the 2,500-seat theater that evening, I could sense a subdued daze over the audience. Most of us had planned for this night months ahead, traveled wearying-long distances and days to be here at this moment … Continue reading →

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A Love for Stories! – Part Five With Cait

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

No man can be called friendless who has God and the                              companionship of good books.  ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning I think God has planted a love for stories in our hearts…the ones that capture us in books.  The ones that breathe … Continue reading →

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Blessing from a Dad’s Heart

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

I like to walk through some lovely “Meet Me in St. Louis” style neighborhoods nearby –  enjoying the stately old mansions mixed in with cozy white-sided cottages, their red-white-and-blue flags blowing lazily in the breeze, roses and morning-glories and hollyhocks … Continue reading →

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