At the intersection of the grace of God and the grit of life: where change happens!

aging

Go Tender-hearted We tend to start out that way.   Then we get jostled by life. Our hearts develop callouses… Here and there. Each represents the pain of being rubbed the wrong way.   People we thought were friends ridiculed, laughed. They weren’t laughing with us!   As we grew, our hearts toughened. “Don’t be [...]

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What is 5 Minute Friday?  It is the brain child of Gypsy Mama. We write for 5 minutes on the word for the day.  Then stop. I add in photo(s), links and read it over once to be sure it makes sense. Then the post is on its way and I link it on her [...]

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NO MORE GOOD-BYES!…

by Martha on December 29, 2011

in aging,change,personal

After yet another good-bye in a lifetime of good-byes, I was thinking about what good-byes mean to me.  During one of my many waits in the airport today, (yes, I wrote this Christmas Day, Sunday) I had ample opportunity to think of something of substance, rather than walk around with a blank stare and feel [...]

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I am a poor, wayfarin’ stranger While travelin’ through this worl’ below. Yet there’s no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which I go.   I’m goin’ home to meet my Father; I’m goin’ there, no more to roam.   I am just goin’ over Jordan   I am just goin’ over [...]

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Right now, our house is a mess! Have you ever cleaned your house for company? Put things away that aren’t normally that well organized? Organized some rooms that have been neglected for awhile.  Felt like you were making progress in creating order in your home. Then, when the ” company” (family members) came, they got [...]

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