Family Funeral
A family funeral is a funny thing. . . There’s the extreme, soul-wrenching sorrow of losing a beloved member juxtaposed with the celebratory stories joyfully shared by close friends and family. We back and forth cried and laughed, wiping away sad and happy tears...
Happy Anniversary to Us!
We met at the Beirut port in 1961, but we got to know each other in the sand box at the Beirut Baptist School (BBS). Tim’s family temporarily lived one floor up from my family in the missionary residence on the BBS campus while his parents studied Arabic before going...
Bonked on the Head!
An outstanding feature of my summer garden is an archway made of cattle panels connecting one raised beds to another.
Steps and Ladders
I enjoy browsing estate and garage sales. What do I look for? Yup, “things” for the garden or quilting. I hit the jackpot when one of the estate sale homes had a designated sewing room filled with my kind of goodies: an armoir stacked to the max with...