Happy Friday! Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and wonder filled! We have so much to be thankful for, don't we? We tried something new for Thanksgiving last year and again this year! You know since my mom and dad are no longer living, it has been a challenge the last few holidays for me. I miss them both. I miss the sense of family and togetherness that I felt from my parents. I miss the traditions and the routines that we always had and did. I miss ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – First United Methodist Church
Thanksgiving 2017
Things I'm thankful for this season:New Things.New Places.New Faces.Letting someone else make all the plans.Being along for the ride.Only packing one bag.Family.Art.Looking up.Perspective.Poetry.Change of plans.Happy Thanksgiving! ... Read More about Thanksgiving 2017
Trim Healthy Mama Creamy Garlic Spinach Spaghetti Squash Bake
Good morning! Happy Monday! I hope you have had a great weekend!We had company arrive from Uganda on Thursday and they are still here visiting. Our trip to Africa continues to impact our lives. Though the land is behind us, the people are ever before us. The recipe I'm sharing today (besides having one of the longest titles) is from the new Trim Healthy Table cookbook. It is in the Comforting Casseroles and Bakes chapter and is on page 135. Our friends, Don and ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Creamy Garlic Spinach Spaghetti Squash Bake
For the Love of Lamp Lights – Stage Lights
For the past several months, I have been rehearsing for a play called: A Candle in the Window. We opened last weekend and will give our final performances this weekend. It has been a fun adventure! The last play that I was in, Anne of Green Gables, I was three different characters and did not have many lines. In this play, my character is Trudy, and there were many lines to memorize!Last night at our last "speed through" rehearsal, I took some pictures and marveled at the ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Lights – Stage Lights
Are you okay?
It's one of those phrases that you will hear occasionally from a good friend:Are you okay? It comes with eyes that look past your beautiful brown, blue, green or hazel eyes, to the eyes of your heart. The question comes from the friend that maybe isn't around you all the time; but who is caring and perceptive and must ask because they sense that maybe you need to be asked and that you need to answer honestly.And the canned answer that begs to roll off the lips as easily as I'd say, "I'm ... Read More about Are you okay?
