When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be
burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
~ Isaiah 43:2 ~

I think it is one of the richest things about getting older – we have so many memories to draw on – that is when we can remember. While I often have difficulty with current things (what did I come into this room for…?) I have a fine memory for family times from the past.
Recently [...]

I remember long hot summer days – days that had plenty of time for pretend cooking under the back porch, which was one of my favorite shady, thus cooler, summer spots. I also enjoyed going into our grove behind the barn. There was one of my favorite things, an old horse driven plow. I would [...]

I’ve been feeling a bit down the last few days. We’ve been doing a lot of fun things, but that has meant that we’ve been even busier than usual, which is difficult even for me to believe.
Travel and guests mean fun, but they also bring with it a sort of emotional letdown when they are [...]

Does this sound as impossible to you as it does to me? Where does the time go? This has been a different sort of summer for us.
It seems like more of our friends are having visitors and visiting others than in years past. I think it is partly due to the economy, since it is [...]

This June marked the 20th year our family has vacationed at the same cabin that we’ve rented from the same family. That is the entire life span of our son Eric, who was just three months old the first time we came here. Our daughters were two and four.
We lived in the same house for [...]