Patience To Bloom

Three summers ago my friend Nancy gave me a little slip of a hibiscus syriacus, also known as a Rose of Sharon.  The Rose of Sharon is known as a hardy shrub.  I had visions of this little slip growing tall and bearing oodles of large trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens. The first … Read more

Friday’s Soul Food

I absolutely love this quote by Oswald Chambers.  He is referring to John 4:11 which says, “The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? ”  The woman at the well came to draw water at the hottest part … Read more

Certified Planner, List Maker and Control Freak

For me it doesn’t matter if it is the middle of the night or the middle of the morning, my mind is making lists.  Thinking ahead.  Making plans.  Running through the “what ifs”. Am I the only one? Does anyone else over-plan, over-think everything? The rest of the household was still fast asleep when I … Read more