Good morning, Are you feeling different this year? Are you thinking, "Silly question!" Everyone on Earth is going through change this year!! Funny how united we all are and at the same time isolated. Our church, Westwood, put up thousands of lights, made hot chocolate, hired a darling llama and gave out a cookie as … Continue reading Speak to the Heart →

Good morning, Do you know what today is? A new day! Yep, it is all that we are promised right now. My grandson, Beau, turns five years old tomorrow and yesterday my beautiful mom fell and broke her hip. We all have something wonderful and painful going on most of the time. If Jesus is … Continue reading Beau and Bernie →

Good morning, I have been reading the Psalms the last couple of weeks and man, is it good! David, the author of most of the Psalms, has every problem we do. Nothing is ever new under the sun! He faces enemies, failure, depression, fear, homelessness, anger, hope, joy, trust, faith. He writes about all of … Continue reading Nothing is Ever New Under the Sun! →

Good morning, I was having coffee with my mom and a few others on Saturday and we started listing "Bob Blader-isms." Bob is my dad and he is the most positive person you will ever meet. He has just been through Covid-19 at 89 years old and is recovering really well. He is such a … Continue reading Never Better! →

Good morning, Does anyone else like potatoes? Steve and I had the best baked potato about a week ago: rock salt on the outside, fluffy on the inside, cooked just perfectly. Seriously, LOL, we need more to do because we talked about the awesome potato from a restaurant close to us for a good week! … Continue reading Potato! →

Good morning, A wise women once told me that she puts problems that are too big for her to figure out in a closet on a high shelf in her mind and leaves them there for a while and lets God work them out. The visual of that is very helpful to me. It speaks … Continue reading Betty Bennett →

Good morning, Do you ever stop and say to yourself, "Just focus"? God has given me the ability to shut out everything around me when I am focused on something. It can be TV, a book, conversation, design. It kind of drives people around me crazy if they are trying to talk to me! My … Continue reading Focus! →

Good morning, Have you ever put your fingers on the keyboard to type something and you're not lined up properly on the keys and not one thing you typed was at all readable? Nothing we try to say will work if we are hitting the wrong letters!! I can relate this to how we start … Continue reading Keyboards →

Good morning, I was watching a movie the other night and it was about a gal going up in a hot air balloon. She walked up to it and told them she was afraid of heights and could not get in. The guy said, "You can do it, it won't be that scary. Just get … Continue reading Do It Afraid →

Good morning, I bought the greatest book a few weeks ago for my darling grandson, Beau, and his parents. The book is titled BEST. DAY. EVER., by Joyce Meyer. It is short parent/kid devotions for 101 days. I love the title so much and all the contents. Last time I wrote, my wood floor had … Continue reading BEST. DAY. EVER. →