Month: November 2012

  • Thankful for what I do NOT have to do

    Get up, get going, contribute, do your part, do your best, no excuses, no whining, step up to the plate. All right. All right. I get it. I know it. I know. I truly do: those things on the ends of my arms work just as good as yours. Those blobs on the end of…

  • Go help your grandma in the kitchen

    I thought everyone liked to keep busy and welcomed my ideas of what to do. My husband’s wheelchair-bound grandmother informed me otherwise the week I was asked to stay with her and fix her meals while her regular caretaker left town. The menu for the day included fresh green beans from the garden. I went…

  • why I teach Sunday School

    I sat down with the elementary-aged children Sunday morning and began talking about the books of the Bible, trying to help them understand where to find each one. We have a shelf with identical wooden blocks shaped like books representing the 66 books of the Bible. Students can pull these out and practice putting them…