• Thoughts

    I WAS LOST AND THEN FOUND

    It was 7:30 and the convention had finished.  The girls were going to stay back and play games with friends and my neice was good enough to set the car maps up for me to get back to the hotel.  I knew my phone battery was very low but she thought there was plenty of battery to get me there. 2 minutes into the drive, my phone died.  I had no navigation back to the hotel, and our hotel was at least 7 miles from the convention center. I had gone a different way than the other days to drop…

  • Thoughts

    The Miracle of Gratitude

    Yesterday I wandered outside before it was too hot and sat in my swing chair. Usually I’ve got an earbud in my ear listening to something or talking to someone on the phone, constantly adding noise pollution to my thoughts. I took my earbud out and listened all around me. It was quiet. No sound at all. Then, I saw about 20 birds over in the park flying from the ground to the tree. I saw the action before I heard it. I leaned in, carefully listening to the birds. Then I heard them. Quiet at first, and then as…

  • Hope letters

    Healing the Issue of Blood

    With Easter a few weeks past (but still on my mind) I’m remembering the Miracles that Jesus performed here while He was on this earth.  Each miracle had a purpose in healing, but, with all of His parables lies additional truth for us to find. In this story, this woman made great efforts to get close to the Savior for this healing.  She didn’t just hope for healing, she sought Him out.  We don’t really know her name, but Jesus knew her, calling her “Daughter.”  Many times we feel forgotten, unknown, unloved or broken.  Friends.  He knows your name.  It…