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Living with Thanksgiving

Living with Thanksgiving is possible! Even during the hard times. On Thanksgiving Day in 1942, Dorothy was a beautiful, twenty-four-year-old bride. She and her husband raised seven children during the years that followed. They didn’t have much money, but they had a home filled with faith in God. On Sunday they took their children to church. Every school year they made room in their budget to send those children to Christian school. Each day her… Read More

The Incredible Power of Memory

Today I walked in the rain, sheltered by my big black umbrella and enjoying a brief time with the Lord in my corner of his creation. My walk took me a half-mile down our country road to Lake Winnebago. I smiled as I discovered deep blue violets and graceful wild geraniums growing along the roadside. During the months of May in my childhood, I picked bouquets of these pretty blossoms and other wildflowers to delight… Read More

Making Decisions

I stopped my car on the white "V" where two major highways merged outside of Chicago. While traffic roared by on both sides, I stared at the sign above the busy tollway. Do I go right or left? To my nervous brain, the sign seemed nothing but gobbledygook. Since leaving home that morning, I struggled with worry about driving alone to a writers' conference in Wheaton IL. What if I took a wrong turn and wound up… Read More

When Tragedy Strikes

I picked up the phone. "Hi, Mom, what's up?" "I have sad news, Beth." Her voice shook a little. She took an audible breath. "Your Uncle Dick died of complications from surgery yesterday." Uncle Dick gone? Just like that? I lowered myself into the nearest chair while snapshots of family life danced through my memory. A young Uncle Dick in his Army uniform, grinning from Grandma's Whitney Street porch. Him and Aunt Mae rejoicing on… Read More