Going To My Happy Place

My Refuge and My Fortress “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High     will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.“ Psalm 91:1 For as long as I can remember my husband will occasionally remark “I’m going to my happy place.”  I’ve never asked specifically where that is and I believe it has … Read more

Shrimp Bisque With Friends

 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  No longer do I call you servants,   for the servant does not know … Read more

ORDINARY How To Turn The World upside down

If you read “About” me on this website, you will discover that I think of myself as very ordinary.  I grew up an ordinary girl in an ordinary family in the very ordinary  mid-western state of Nebraska.  Although I claim a lot of “ordinary” I also feel I have an extraordinary life!  It is totally … Read more

Happy New Year 2015

All the red and green and glitter and gold has been put away for another year.  The tinsel has been swept from the floor and the sugar-laden trays of goodies are no more.  I adore decorating our home for Christmas but I absolutely love cleaning it all up in time for New Year’s Eve.  It … Read more

Feed Your Soul with Thanksgiving

It is Thanksgiving week.  No doubt you and I are just like millions of other Americans scurrying around to prepare for the “perfect Thanksgiving.”  Decorations, beautiful food, scrumptious sweet desserts, all wrapped up in a warm, cozy house, and a smile that will last for hours. But today I am reminded of the sisters Mary … Read more

The Crowning Glory of Grandchildren! Proverbs 17:6

When Lee and I married in 1991 I instantly became “Grandma Catherine” to two little kids, Christopher and Abbey. Through the years we have been blessed with six more grandchildren but it is Chris and Abbey that provided all those firsts for us. First to travel with Grandpa on an airplane, first to go through … Read more