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Little Free Library Plus

I was happy to take a walk tonight in the cool air. I went down a street that I normally avoid because there are barking dogs there. I came to the house with the dogs, which was surprisingly quiet. On the corner of the front yard was a Little Free Library. It was painted red […]

Phoning Friend

Today I was looking through my social media comments and saw a friend’s name. At that same time, my phone rang and her name popped up. She was calling me. That was quite a surprise. I told her about the funny coincidence and we laughed. It had been a while since we talked and got […]

Heavenly View

I was talking with a friend tonight and remembered the morning I saw my dad in hospice at the hospital. I opened the blinds on the window and there was the mountain front and center. The moon was setting and I could see it was going to look as though it was touching the mountain. […]

Parkinson’s Butterfly

At breakfast we asked my mom what she wanted to do on this beautiful day. She said she wanted to go to the park and see the Parkinson’s Butterfly. Last year, the daughter of a man with Parkinson’s disease created a butterfly piece of art that was auctioned off at the Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser. […]

Sparrows

I was talking with a friend today about how sometimes I have a feeling of impending doom. Perhaps that’s a little dramatic. But I do sometimes feel like I’m just waiting for the next bad thing to happen. Minutes later, I heard a song that started with the lyrics, “You can’t add a single day […]

Starbucks On Dad

My mom had some energy this morning and made it to church. During Mass, the priest talked about Father’s Day. He said if our father has died, we  should pray for him to be with our Heavenly Father. We can also ask for his intercession to pray for the fathers who are still here, doing […]

Psalm 46:11

Many years ago, a friend recommended a scripture verse to me. It was Psalm 46:11 “Be still and know that I am God.” It brought me a lot of much needed peace at that time. Every now and then, I am reminded of that verse, like today. I heard it being read. I smiled and […]

ESP

Perhaps you have had a time or two when you were thinking of someone and then they call or stop by. That’s how it was tonight when I got in touch with a friend. She had been on my mind and I had been on hers. We had a great phone conversation and talked about […]

Reciprocating Prayers

A friend contacted me this morning asking for prayers for her husband who is in the hospital. As I read through the previous texts, I realized many of them were regarding prayers – asking for them and promising them. I feel that praying for people is the best way we can express our love for […]

Dad’s Photos

My mom and I have been slowing going through some of my dad’s snapshots. I call them that, because his best photos are enlarged and many of them are matted and/or framed. What we are looking at are envelopes of prints. I am grateful that they are mostly categorized. My dad was a very organized […]