Chairs on my porch

This is my story; I was told to say that.  I had been asked by my church to share what was going on in my life, and I agreed.  I was at church to be videoed, trying to do this live in front of people is not something I thought I could do.  But I thought I could probably do it on tape.  I had written what…

My new stained glass window

I have a stained glass window in my entry.  It was something that came out of a job that I had done, and I used it when I remodeled my house.   I never really liked it.  I'm not sure why that was.  But it sat in the entry for ten years. My chair looks down the hall of the entry, and I looked at it every…

Rebuilding my life

I started with an idea - rebuilding my life - and a verse. And it ballooned into this. I do not think I can adequately express how profound this is to me. The hope it provides, that God is a rebuilder. So here it is.  I am working on rebuilding my life.  That is what happens when tragedy strikes.  Earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, strokes, these people gradually rebuild…

The beginning of the journey

I need to write.  I need it for therapy, I need it because I have things I want to say.  It is hard.  I spent a couple minutes trying to think of the word “need”.  I gave up and turned on the voice recognition program.  I need to know how to write, and I need to do it by myself.  My New Year’s resolution is to write…