If you are my age, you most likely had a vaccination like no other – the live polio vaccine on a lump of sugar. I can still remember standing in line to receive my sugar cube. I also remember a friend who had contracted polio which caused her to have to use crutches. And the iron lung, with the last surviving user having just passed away, was always such a monstrous looking machine. Oh beloved,…

I saw this weird little short movie/commercial yesterday. It was about a machine that could tell what you would die of. A young woman walked up to the machine, put in a quarter and then stuck her index finger in the machine. It actually pricked her finger and used the blood sample to predict her information. The machine spit out a note that said “Old Age”. She was elated! So much so that she…

Last weekend hubby and I picked up a washer and dryer. Turns out the sellers are related to a friend of ours in Mississippi. Small world. We got the set loaded and headed for home. It looked like rain, so we stopped and hubby got a tarp to put on top of them. About time he got back to the truck, the bottom fell out. We both ended up soaked to the bone! And the rain let up about time he finished…

We haven’t watched any of the FIFA World cup activities, but we have watched interviews with many of the athletes and visitors who have visited America during the games. We were delighted at their love for the USA. Especially since so many of them had a terrible view of our country. Some even apologized to America because what they had heard on the news that America was dangerous, unfriendly and…

I saw this sign that said “Welcome To My Happy Place – Don’t Ruin It”. I could not help but laugh as I considered the huge truth of that sign. We all have a happy place. Where is your happy place? And can someone else ruin it? Oh beloved, God speaks to my heart and yours this morning. The first most important happy place is our relationship with the Lord. And nobody else can ruin it for it is…

On this day, 250 years ago, everything changed for our country. The 13 original colonies declare their independence from England, the ending the rule of a King over them. What an amazing story of valor and strength and Victory. And today we are enjoying that freedom men fought and died for. Oh beloved, God speaks to my heart and yours this morning. We are still living in the freedom that was…

We keep reading about the changes going on at the Hot Springs Mall. I miss what once was. But more than that I miss what once was our home town stores. As a youth, everything we needed was downtown or the grocery store. At the mall, everything was handy. Of course shopping meant walking from end to end to make sure you didn’t miss the best of what you were looking for. If the rumors are true, the…

Have you ever noticed that the best weekends go the fastest? We really had a good swift weekend ourselves. It was full of chores and then picking up loved ones at the airport. Then visiting with them about their trip. I think I remember this even as a child. That all weekends seem to fly by. Oh beloved, God speaks to my heart and yours. The best times, including weekends, will go fast. So be…

Some of our family members are on a trip to California to see the redwoods, the sequoias and more. Last evening I got sent a photo of the their uber. It had no driver! Driving itself with members of the family inside. How do you trust that? Oh beloved, God speaks to my heart and yours. We have no problem riding in a driverless taxi driving in a place we know nothing about. But we can have a hard…

Heading out this morning to take some family members to the airport. Great memories of going to our airport in Little Rock. Our youngest two even rode a plane with cousins for summer vacation one year. It was so much fun to go up the escalator and to sit with them watching their plane, taxi into place and then watching them go to embark on their trip. Nowadays, you do get to drop people off and…

Hubby has been seeing deer with fawns almost every morning when he leaves for work. He always tells me how they look and how they aren’t even fearful. Yesterday I looked out and one of the does was walking right in my yard. She munched on wild roses while walking around the mailbox and through the driveway. It was wonderful to get to see such beauty in nature for myself. Oh beloved, God speaks…

My dad used to call me with a certain tune he whistled for me when I was young. Even in the store, which could be just a little embarrassing. I knew as soon as I heard that it was time to return to his side. (Remember, these were the days when kids went to the toy department while parents shopped.) Back then it was just embarrassing. Now I would love to hear that special tune whistling through…

I had one of those dreams last night. One scene was my father carrying around a Bible encased with plastic and duct tape. It had a cover you could see part of that looked like a Larry McMurtry book. He kept wanting to show me this Bible, but I was distraught. It was Christmas and I had forgotten to buy food to cook the Christmas meal! I looked out the window and the grocery store that was across…