Banishing the word should!
Ponder This – by Karl Coulson
NOTE: For today’s blog, we have a guest writer, my husband Karl. Thanks Honey! There are some things that I do which make me shake my head and wonder, why? As ya’ll know, donna kay and I are spending the summer in our fifth wheel – sometimes camping in the mountains, sometimes in Encampment parked … Continue reading
Whatever, part 2
In October last year I blogged about a verse in Philippians 4 that I’ve decided to take to heart. Well now, here’s installment 2 regarding that verse. I stand on Philippians 4:4-9 on a daily basis. It still helps me get to sleep, it still admonishes me to gentleness, it constantly reminds me that … Continue reading
Live Loved
I love the pastor at our church. He is a man about my age – ruddy completion, great exuberance, tall, always smiling, always loving. I look forward to his sermons, and I am touched on a weekly basis by something he says. Yesterday’s sermon was a Valentine’s Day message on love based on I Corinthians … Continue reading
Holding Pattern
One of my most troublesome character flaws is that I tend to live in the future. I am always planning and looking forward, and that keeps me from living today sometimes. Right now, I am really struggling with this. If everything goes the way we hope, I have 89 work days left in my teaching … Continue reading
Let not your heart be troubled.
I tend to worry about life. I don’t worry about death so much – I am confident that God sent Jesus to take care of that for me (and you), so I can let that one go. But, I do worry about my husband and family. I worry about being the best teacher I can … Continue reading
Love is All Around
I hope you had a warm and love-filled Valentine’s Day. I enjoy the day, and especially so when I can celebrate it with fifth graders. Don’t you just love those little Valentines, filled with silly jokes and funny pictures? I loved being a teacher this week because I had a valid excuse to buy a box of Valentines and … Continue reading
Jellyfish
Last summer, we had the great fortune to be able to snorkel at Buck Island Reef National Monument near St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Buck Island snorkeling is really great. There’s a kind of canyon of rock and coral that you can snorkel over. The park service has added markers on the sea … Continue reading
The foulest word in the English language – should
I’ve been a bit under the weather lately, and when the weather here has been below 10 degrees with a wicked wind, that seems a low place to be. It is February 1st, and I’ve already met my insurance deductable for the year. I’ve been prodded and poked, and the bottom line is that there isn’t … Continue reading
