Here we go! We close a year and open another. Reflect on the past and look to the future. Flip the calendars. Out with the old, in with the new. Endings. New Beginnings. Full of hope. My youngest daughter used to love playing 20 questions. It was always a fun game to help us detect what the other was thinking of. We would play at the end of a day just before bed. This activity helped us grow … [Read more...] about 20 Questions for Personal Growth This Year
The Thankfulness Ripple Effect
The Thankfulness Ripple Effect  It’s amazing how thankfulness flows. It only takes one drop in an ocean of reasons to be thankful to start a ripple effect. Thankfulness in one area spreads to thanksgiving in other areas. I confess this post to be an example of such a thankfulness ripple. In expressing thankfulness for my husband, I see so many more things for which to give … [Read more...] about The Thankfulness Ripple Effect
The Gift of Communication: How Deafness Opened my Eyes
Have you ever thought of communication as a gift? It’s so easy to take things for granted. But I am thankful for the reminder of the precious gift I open every time my daughter Emily and I interact with one another. I hope my experience and thoughts shared here inspire thankfulness for simple things we all too often take for granted. May it also lead to more understanding of deafness and … [Read more...] about The Gift of Communication: How Deafness Opened my Eyes
Room to Ponder
Today I am inspired To share thankfulness with verse As I notice the setting From which I disperse... Cat curling up in sunbeams Dog stretched out across feet Fireplace glowing by a chair Pondering in cozy seat Wide picture window declaring Sunlight’s beginning to end Leaves of all colors Admired from within Scripture and books Memories, dreams, and quotes Surrounding the … [Read more...] about Room to Ponder
Beautiful to Him
I may be no great beauty, Nor have grand skills that shine. I may not be the most outgoing Or the best companion to share one’s time. I may not fit the mold so many seek, Nor respond in ways that flatter. I may not always speak, nor or be silent When there is a pressing matter. Yet what I am is far beyond what’s seen, Deep inside I glisten and glow. Not because of what people think or … [Read more...] about Beautiful to Him