Last year the TV news had told of the southern Alberta floods.  The devastation was like no one could even imagine.  What a nightmare! It […]

I am so blessed in still having a few friends I have known since childhood. We email once in a while and for a few minutes I am 15 again, living in my old house with Mom and my sisters.

We once owned a supermarket.  After several years of running a corner grocery store it was a challenging experience.  We did love the corner store.  […]

My friend Mary and I had just finished some shopping and as I was loading up the groceries I noticed a large half-ton off to […]

Years ago, when a widow would mention her departed husband, I would smile and wonder why she couldn’t just go on living in the real […]

A few weeks prior to my husband’s death I asked him for forgiveness for anything that I had done that had caused him pain or […]

The story of feeding the 5,000 has always been a bit much for me.  I find feeding four people a challenge but on Friday I […]

Step, step, step, step….hold onto the streamer, go over, go under… so many things for a small child to remember.  But oh I was so […]

I imagine if asked, most of us can recall the names of all our school teachers…and how we felt about them. I still have my […]

Watching my grandson grow up was a real learning experience …especially after raising two girls…two very different girls, but still “females.” My girl’s arguments were […]

I tuck the freshly washed mattress cover under the mattress and start to laugh. The burnt spot on one side is still there.  No, not […]

Invariably the sermon on Sunday gives me a bit of a problem.  It is always a great sermon but I do struggle with some of […]

Most of us have experienced that disgust we feel when we open the washing machine and realize we have left a tissue in a pocket […]

When my first daughter was born I was living 3000 miles away from home in a tiny apartment…just my husband and me and this scary […]

Recently I was given a gift of money from some friends…friends who are not particularly well off and so I knew it was a sacrificial gift. The money was for a non-profit agency.

The face that gazed up at me was still so beautiful and the smile she shared had not ceased since I came into the room. […]

This was to be our last brunch together. For nearly 15 years we had met here on the first Monday morning of every month.

A recent email suggested that those grieving the loss of a loved one should remember that the only person that is with you your entire […]

I wonder at times if when folks see me, they recognize me by my clothes rather than by my face. I am not exactly a […]

We had always been avid campers and had finally found an idyllic spot in the B.C. Okanagan.  There we spent the most memorable summers of […]