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Homemade Guacamole with Essential Oils
My sweet grandson is at the beach this week, and it is pouring the rain. Not in the mood to read, but I am in the mood for a snack. So my “me” time today is going to look like a big bowl of homemade guacamole with essential oils and a large pile of tortilla chips. I have always loved guacamole but never made it homemade before Cov-19. I have a Mexican restaurant a couple of minutes from my house, so each time I crave this Avocado feast from heaven, I just run there and grab a bowl. But with being confined to quarantine due to Covid-19 to be…
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Waiting Our Turn
Sometimes you learn lessons from the most unexpected places. God is using my dog Mindy to teach me some extraordinary lessons. Lessons about being patient, being myself, and that the sky isn’t going to fall when you make goofy mistakes. Another lesson is that sometimes we have to wait our turn, and when we are patient enough to wait, good things come to you in the end. Mindy is not my first West Highland Terrier. She is my second. Chloe was my first Westie, and she was special. She was a rescue dog I found while browsing Petfinder. The minute I saw her little face on the screen, I knew…
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God Cares Enough to Know My Name
I will be honest. There are days I struggle to understand why life is hard. Times when I wonder if anyone sees me at all. But God’s holy word assures me, even on the hard days, that God cares enough to know my name. He concerns himself with everything about me. Even on the days where all I do is find enough strength left in me to sit and cry, that is when God catches my tears in His bottle. So I sat down today… I found an empty chair on a day when I felt like my soul was empty, and I just sat. I wasn’t angry. I…
