Month: December 2020

  • Gladys Aylward, the small woman

    A flash from my past came as I sorted through a stack of books which included one inscribed, “Property of the Jr. Missionary Band.” As a child I belonged to a Missionary Band. Our neighbor opened her home to weekly meetings of the Missionary Band. Bit by bit she read us “Gladys Aylward, the Small…

  • Covid sent us back to the past

        On the cusp of a new year, we look back on 2020 as the year we went Back to the Past.     It began with the grocery store ads, “Send us your grocery list and we will walk the aisles filling your order. All you have to do is park at the curb and…

  • what does Elizabeth have to do with Christmas

    The winners of the Christmas alphabet game called out their words for each letter. “E is for Elizabeth.” “Elizabeth! What does that have to do with Christmas?” Steve sputtered. “She was the wife of Zechariah. Gabriel the angel told him he would be the father of John. That promise came before Gabriel visited Mary,” I…

  • Growing up to help

    I blinked and did a double take last fall when I saw Elijah, then 13. In the few weeks since our previous visit, our chubby grandson had stretched up into a tall, thin teenager. I barely recognized him with his new haircut and body. “Wow! have you measured yourself lately? You have shot up!” I…