Lessons from Life from the Astronaut’s Wife

Decisions

Emotions can often interfere with wisdom when it comes to making life-changing decisions. All too often we find ourselves in this predicament – do we trust our heart, or our mind. Recently, I…
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Water Lessons

The 1970’s and 80’s was the era of the waterbed – a fad which many people enthusiastically embraced. It was said that a waterbed could provide a better night’s sleep than a traditional mattress, bu…
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Lesson from a Stubborn Violet

Garden nurseries are one of my favorite places to walk around and admire beautiful plants. I often purchase potted flowers or trailing vines. I must admit that African violets are not one of my fav…
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My Song

Thirty-five years ago several of my children were still living at home. As their mother, I cleaned our house, did the shopping, washed countless loads of laundry, planted and tended a vegetable …
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Remnants

Growing up as the youngest girl in a family of ten children there was rarely extra money for purchasing new clothes. Most of my wardrobe consisted of “hand-me-downs” from my four older sisters. …
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Friends

My junior year in high school had already begun; I was seventeen and enrolled in a Christian co-ed boarding school one hundred and forty miles from home. I had attended the same school my sophomore…
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A Fire in the Hearth

My favorite time of the year in Colorado is when the days and nights are snowy. In the snowy weather, I always build a fire in the living room fireplace. First I place a crumpled newspaper in th…
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This Little Light of Mine

When I was nineteen, I had the privilege of teaching kindergarten children at the church I attended. One of their favorite songs to sing was, “This Little Light of Mine.” We lifted u…
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The Ocean and Me

Alone on a Caribbean cruise, I spent hours on the deck observing the intense sea colors of light and dark aqua. While we were navigating the ocean, my artist’s eyes were watching as the wh…
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The Wonder

THE WONDER In 1973, I enjoyed the rare experience of spending Christmas Eve with my family in the ancient city of Bethlehem. While there, I began to wonder why the traditional date of Messiah&r…
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Run With Horses

The young brown colt had not been named, nor had his owner been able to get close enough to touch him. My four children and I went out to visit the owner of the colt, and see the rest of her hor…
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Romania

In April of 1996, ten choir members from the church I attended in Colorado Springs boarded a flight to Bucharest, Romania. We would be part of a one hundred and ten voice choir to sing an Easter…
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Authority and Boundaries

Snakes are on the top of my list of disliked creatures. Whether or not they are poisonous or non-poisonous, seeing one will give me the “heebie-jeebies.” Snakes were plentiful in my …
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Sheltered

In Florida, monsoon season begins in June and often lasts into October. It is a time of welcome relief from the very dry winter months when living green things become thirsty. However, the gloom…
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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

When my granddaughter, Tiffany was learning to walk she would, like all infants, crawl, sit up, and then try to stand. But after trying a step or two she would lose her balance and end up sittin…
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