Welcome to a new adventure, or maybe it’s really an old adventure! At any rate, it’s a new adventure for this blog. I’ve decided it’s time for me to get in the Christmas spirit as I seem to be having an unusually difficult time doing that this year. But I don’t just want to get on board with all the… Read More
Last night as I drove home from my MOPS group’s Christmas party for the leadership team, I was struck once again with a haunting thought. “What in the world am I doing being a mentor for younger moms? Do I have anything at all to offer these women?” Really now, in some ways many of them seem to have it… Read More
Today has been an amazing day in a most unusual way. And it’s only 11:00 am! While I do try to have a daily quiet time with the Lord and at least pray for my immediate family and a few other pressing concerns, I’m ashamed to say that I would never consider myself a huge prayer warrior. Oh, I’ve wanted… Read More
It occurs to me that at this point some of you who occasionally read this blog may be wondering how I ever came to be someone who hikes, much less backpacks. While I’d walked a few trails on vacations and at 4H or Girl Scout camp in the past, I never would have called myself an avid hiker until just… Read More
Yesterday I posted about our wonderful after-Thanksgiving hike with 20+ friends from our church. Believe it or not the residual afterglow of that hike is still hanging with me. It was just the most fun I’ve had in a while! (Some of you are probably really feeling sorry for me right now, thinking that if a group hike can make… Read More
A month or so ago James began publicizing to our church a “Saturday After Thanksgiving Hike” at Ramsey Canyon. He didn’t require people to sign up or anything, just kept it low key. So on our way to the trail head Saturday morning I asked him how many people he expected to show up. He really had no idea…. Read More