Category: I believe in prayer

  • It rained today.  For the first time in months, I heard thunder. I felt raindrops. I was at work, busy with customers and orders and separate checks, but even though I couldn't really dance in the rain, in my mind I imagined I was. And it felt great! Sweet!   Last Sunday I met friends…

  • "By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer’s best of weather And autumn’s best of cheer." -   Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885   Wednesday night, alone on the Bistro patio after a special banquet, I bent over to un-velcro a small cushion from one of the metal chairs. Triple digit heat had given…

  • "…and you need a helping hand. And nothing, nothing is going right…"   "Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there…" I covered for our church secretary yesterday afternoon so she could keep a doctor's appointment. It doesn't pay much, but sitting in her chair even for a short time…

  • I have an unexpected day off tomorrow. I'm getting dizzy trying to decide what to do with it! Do I focus on "getting stuff done" or just relax and have fun? I imagine it will fall somewhere in between. I think I'll just start somewhere and see where it leads me. Who knows what I'll…

  •   Disturb us, Lord, when  We are too well pleased with ourselves,  When our dreams have come true  Because we have dreamed too little,  When we arrived safely  Because we sailed too close to the shore. – Sir Francis Drake I have a map in my mind, with huge circles drawn around several destinations. I've…

  •   1. Rain on my windshield! Before heading to Houston yesterday, I swung downtown to drop some things off for TG on campus, and I heard an unusual sound… raindrops on my car! And then it actually rained on me all the way to Smithville or LaGrange. It wasn't enough to wash the dust from…

  • A call that wakes you in the morning rarely bears good news. The call that woke me yesterday let me know a dear friend's husband had died. He had some health issues (who doesn't by the time you hit your 50's?) but nothing that warned her that a day we all dread and hope never…

  • For some reason, I thought this past week would have more time in it.  I thought by the time I headed to work at the Bistro this morning, I would be all caught up on everything, plus perhaps even a little ahead on a few things. Well, I wasn't. But I refuse to give myself…

  • With mere minutes to spare (I thought) I hit the send button, catapulting my She Writes submission just under the deadline wire.  Turns out I had four hours left – Tom and I both weren't thinking straight on the Pacific vs. East Coast time thing – but that's okay. If I'd known I had the…

  • Fall colors surround us, temperatures have dropped, but there's no touch of autumn in the air; daily highs still top 100 with nary a drop of rain. (Clouds congregrate at times, but even when tinged gray, I know they're just playing games with us.) We've had hot, dry summers before, though. One in particular stands…