Impeccable timing
Sometimes in life, problems, struggles, and trials rear their ugly head. We can find ourselves in circumstances with no easy solution. I opened my...
Take Christmas to 2024
I don’t know about you, but there is a bit of dread as we head to 2024. Since 2020, I feel we have remained...
The Meaning of Christmas
She was my mother's mother, and I loved her more than I had words to express. The way she carefully cut a long string...
When Love Came Down
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2...
Nora’s Notes: Should I wait or move forward?
The morning air is cool and crisp on the porch of my Northeast Georgia home. I wonder if the effort to sit in my...
A present help in trouble
A friend unexpectedly passed away, and another is in the hospital with an undetermined illness. A father has just entered hospice care, and a...
Nora’s Notes: peaceful waters
Wendy was my black Tennessee Walker - a feisty mare, built for speed. Riding her felt like being on water skies in the early...
Because a child was born
She was only 24 and being wheeled into surgery to remove a brain tumor. During the long operation, her heart stopped. The staff recorded...
Are mountains TOO high?
If we're honest, I think most of us simply want to be reassured our existence matters. Somewhere, somehow, someplace, we must add value to...
David’s Tree: The heart of Christmas
It was early December 2011 when it was decided that my husband and I must be physically separated during Christmas. David's mother had planned...
Finding contentment in the now
I saw myself the other day - three little ones in the shopping cart and three older ones walking along behind, pushing another shopping...
Dear Fellow Holiday Souls,
A few years ago, I decided to relinquish my Crazy Christmas Queen crown. I even mentioned this idea in a column, and my husband...