God’s Guidance for Difficult Days

You know the kind of day I’m referring to. You wake up and just feel “off,” or blue. Or it might be a day that starts out extremely ordinary, but a sequence of events changes everything. It’s so easy to lose perspective on those difficult days. I’m a praying kind of woman, but prayer sometimes doesn’t come naturally in the midst of difficulties. I’m more likely to stew over my circumstances or try to fix the “un-fixable” on my own. {Read More}

My Go-To Verse for Stress and Anxiety

It was after 8:00 and dark in Brentwood, California. My cell phone had just died and I did not know for sure how to get to my dad’s home in the valley more than 30 miles away. Stress and anxiety began to crowd the space in my little Mini Cooper. That was my predicament earlier this week after enjoying dinner with some fellow mid-life bloggers. I never let my cell phone battery get so low. In fact, my husband and kids {Read More}

Could You Have a (Spiritual) Cone on Your Head?

Could YOU Have a (Spiritual) Cone on Your Head? I sure have before! Poor Pumbaa. He had surgery to remove a benign tumor two weeks ago. He has hobbled around on his bandaged leg for days, and he has been heeling quite nicely. Yesterday, I took him to the vet to have his staples removed. The little guy had staples all the way from his paw to his shoulders. When they brought him out to me, I was quite shocked to {Read More}