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You know how I love a new “re” word. This one was new to me. It means carrying back. Like veins in our bodies that carry blood back to the heart  — revehent veins.  It’s perfect. God is a revehent God. Especially in the person of Jesus the Christ. He comes carrying us back. A…

A few years ago, my mom and I visited Seattle to see my nephew, his wife, and my great niece. While we were there we wanted to take in a few of the sites. It was the first time my mom had visited and we wanted to see the Space Needle and its next door…

Remarkable means worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary. Today marks the end of nine months of this blog. I find that both uncommon and extraordinary. I’ve discovered that I really can write every day. My thoughts may be discombobulated or incomplete or imperfect but they’re written down.…

When I was a little girl, I loved to call my grandmother. But I couldn’t call her on Saturday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. That was when the Lawrence Welk Show was on and she loved to watch this show. She loved the dancing. The romance. The clear melodies and the big band. Tonight…

I once saw a sculpture by Dean Kermit Allison. It was sculpted from glass and bronze. A new glass man was coming out of a bronze torso and feet. It was titled, Reborn. I remember being struck by its beauty that day at the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas. It spoke to me about…

This is an extrapolation of the word admit, which means to concede as true or valid. I have to concede as true or valid that I have to get fit again. I have to readmit. I have a bunch of excuses. Stress. A shoulder injury. Stress. Traveling. Taking care of someone else. And, left to…

Today would be my dad’s 79th birthday. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer. Seventeen years seems like yesterday and like forever, all at the same time. He was fun loving and funny. The best dad. I remember him often. Miss him terribly. ❤

As you know, I’m staying with my mom while she recuperates from knee replacement surgey. This is a repeat of what we did about nine months ago. To help keep the swelling down we’re using an “ice” machine that circulates icy water through a hose to a pad that goes on her knee. The cold…

Reactive is a ready response to a stimulus. There are some things we want to be reactive to and others we do not. Sneezing is a reaction — your body is being reactive to the stimulus of an allergen or other foreign particle. You want this to happen because your lungs and nose are expelling…