Taking time in the midst of life to look for smiles every day…..

Archive for November, 2008


Bane and Blessing

Those words come from an old gospel hymn.  They describe our Sunday to a “t.”
Doris has had a rough few days, since last Tuesday when she woke up with an aspiration problem that has plagued her since her cancer surgery over 6 years ago.  This morning I came home between class and worship service to [...]

Novelty

It has, of course, been a busy time the last few days, beginning with preparing for our Thanksgiving meal this past Saturday to cleaning a house on Tuesday, as well as Doris having a bad couple of days.  Are these good enough reasons for skipping out on blogging for a couple of days? 
Tonight was a novelty, but [...]

Prayer Request

Sometimes I feel the need to do an extra blog in a 24-hour period in order to share something special.  Today is one of those days.
When you have time and opportunity, I would appreciate your lifting up in prayer a young couple I recently learned about.  I do not know this couple, but Brigitt ministers [...]

Breath of Fresh Air #2

It was an exhausting weekend.  I’d like to say it was exhausting in a good way but I’m stopping short of that.
We had our Thanksgiving meal with kids and grandkids and extended family on Saturday.  Everybody was not in attendance that could have been, and there were still some 25 at our house.  Doris and [...]

Whew!

Last night my blogging time was taken up with a tedious phone call.
We have a couple of term life insurance policies that expire in January.  In order to re-up them, we had to submit new applications and a phone interview.  The parameds may visit us before it’s over with………..  Anyway, this phone interviewer said, at [...]

Very Pleasant Evening

Carolyn and Junior called this morning to invite us to dinner tonight.  Aside from being awakened from a warm sleep-in on a cold morning, the call was a welcome surprise.  Carolyn explained their anniversary was yesterday but they were celebrating tonight and wanted us to join them.
This couple are in their late 70’s and 80’s [...]

A Short Night

My day was quite busy what with cleaning that two-story house by myself.  My partner in crime was sick again today, so the 2-3 hour job took 5,  and so I came home bone tired.  As Doris started off to bed, not even lasting through the 9pm news, she asked if I’d done my blog.  I [...]

Tuesday Toons

Just dropping by tonight to send love and joy from my house to yours.  Please have a pleasant evening and day tomorrow.
TODAY’S SMILES:

Yet more answered prayer…………
My friend Cheryl.
Phone conversation with Michael.
The kindness of Dr. Goode.
And, again, absolutely beautiful fall colors and bright sunshine.
Randy.

See you tomorrow evening.  May God bless.

Fresh Air

Someone in the public eye, in the not too distant past, made a statement about “being proud of her country………”
Today, I am proud of my congregation, only I’m glad to say it’s not the first time.  I felt a definite breath of fresh air, really unexpected, honestly.
We are in the process of selecting and installing [...]

Twinkies, Brothers, and Diabetic Information!

Well, we come to the end of another blogging week, it being Thursday night.  How these weeks do fly!
The day’s plans had to be altered, so we did not make the trip to Piggott to see my brother.  We plan to try again tomorrow.  The pity is he probably didn’t know today was his birthday until I [...]


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