Granpa’s Legacy of Prayer by Ridge Haven Homestead

The following is a link to a post that my dear friend, Laurie, posted about her dad who is in the last stages of Lewy Body Dementia. Have kleenexes nearby and be prepared for a beautiful picture of what matters most in this life.

Eating Healthy as a Single Parent

One challenge of being a single parent is having the time, money and energy to create healthy meals. After a tiresome day at wotk, the thought of standing on my feet for another half-hour or so just simply isn’t appealing at all. Until I think about my health. When my children were young, most of

Showing the Whole Picture

A couple of weeks ago or so, I wrote a post about how hard it is to let our vulnerabilities show to those around us. A fellow blogger, https://davidsdailydose.org/2022/09/10/showing-the-whole-picture/, shared how this post resonated with him and he took the thoughts I had shared and added his own experience. But I won’t say too much

That Annoying, Berating Voice-A Personal Testimony on Turning it Off

Today, a group of us were asked to write a personal proverb. We had five minutes to jot it down. I sat there, thinking. Maybe I should write this? No, that’s not particulatly profound. Maybe I should write a proverb about this, but how to word it in a meaningful way? I continued thinking, the

Journaling to Healing

I reached the 100,000 word count mark in my Word document journal yesterday. A full-length book. I started the journaling process shortly before the divorce and have kept it up for almost four years now. It’s messy with lots of stream of consciousness writing. It’s real. It’s raw. But it was, and still is, the

Jars of Oil

This morning, I was greatly encouraged when I read the account of the widow and her jar of oil in 2 Kings 4:1-7. For weeks now, my mind has been greatly exercised over the recent financial hits. Some days I do pretty good, others I struggle, as I shared in my post “The Relief of

The Relief of Relying on God

Relief washed over me last Wednesday as I sat in the exam room and stared at the xray. The 2nd metatarsal bone in my foot had not been rebroken; I was experiencing strain pain. The podiatrist warned me that I was doing too much, standing all day on concrete, and stated that I needed to

Discovering Love

Today is Valentine’s Day in America. For some, there is great anticipation in giving the one they love that special gift and card; for others, it is a hurtful reminder that the one they loved is no longer by their side. Others see Valentine’s Day, along with the long string of other holidays, as a