I don’t feel brave. Not one bit. Let me explain. Last week I went to the Mayo Clinic for some tests. The day did not start well. Personally, I’m of the opinion that starting a day at 6:00 a.m. with an alarm ringing in my ears is just bad from the get-go. But there was more….
My Everyday Life
Step Off the Crazy Train
We live in a fast-paced society. Many of us complain about that fact but the truth is none of us do too much to stop the craziness, probably because we are too tired to try. Sometimes I find myself so busy that I don’t even recognize how it’s affecting me until I finally slow down….
60 is NOT the New 40!
50 is the new 30! 60 is the new 40! Seriously people; who comes up with this stuff? There is nothing about 60 that’s the same as 40 except your DNA. I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble, but any 60-year-old who tells you that it’s just like being 40 is most likely in the…
Eating Out – Missionary Style
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know I’ve been on several mission trips. The standard on a mission trip in regards to food is that if someone you are staying with, or the group you are ministering to, serves it, you eat it. If it appears that it might make you…
Doing the Un-Fun Stuff
It’s been almost a year-and-a-half now since I visited my girlfriend in Tennessee. She had lost her husband to cancer about five months before our visit and my husband, John, had just been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. I remember a point in our conversation when she looked at me and said, “If the doctor ever…