Monday, November 2, according to my “Pray as you go” app was “All Souls” day. This was a time to remember those who have gone to their heavenly home. Having the perspective and lived experiences of being with my dad his final years and moments, I have felt heaven in my heart. I was glad…
Category: Letters to My Father
Thoughts, Memories, Letters
A Belly Laugh
I usually write with a title in my mind; however, this time, I just can’t wait to get all of this on electronic paper. If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I’m pretty open to a certain point. I want to hold some things to my heart, and I share openly in…
Amazing Grace
My value-based affirmation word is freedom. I discovered this on a walk and talk with God. How to live in freedom when you have no control. In day 3, week 3 of my Bible study, I read a very familiar passage about Paul and Silas. Acts 16:16 – 34 is the story of them being…
Happy Birthday!
my-daddy-describing-my-birthday My daddy shares my birth and their verse. My parents were interviewed by Richmond Times Dispatch in honor of their 60th Wedding Anniversary. I asked the interviewer for a copy of the video three years ago. I found it, and remembered that my dad had described my actual birthday–the one from 1965. I’m so…
Kintsugi Heart
“Kintsugi is a Japanese method for repairing broken ceramics with a special lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. Nothing is ever truly broken – that’s the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, which repairs pottery by using beautiful seams of gold. This 500-year-old technique not only restores functionality to broken pots, but…
The Still Small Voice
Dad, Parish read my post about your homecoming. Remember when I was pregnant with Vivian Grace? I was so scared I would have a miscarriage. We had been through so much heartache and loss. I asked Parish to pray for our baby’s name. At that time we did not know if it would be a…
Homecoming
Daddy, Your best friend, Pop Vickers, encouraged us to write letters to you. I’ve wanted to write, but I find my heart too scattered and too overwhelmed. I’d like to say that life settled down since your passing. Certainly we’ve learned a lesson or two about what is really, truly important. Here we are being…
A Time for Everything
A Time for Everything Ecclesiastes 3: 1-14 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,4 a time…
ARRESTED BY GRACE 