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…

This morning I am remembering my mother’s work “career”. She worked most of her adult life. Those jobs including canned ham packing, liver prep in a chicken plant, two stints in sewing factories, a dry cleaner, department store sales, private sitter in a nursing home and more. Some of those jobs mentioned were not glorious, they were downright awful. You might wonder why those jobs? The money was…

The imperfections of life demand a Perfect God. These are the words that came to mind this morning as I sat to type. If you are like me there are imperfections of your life. I mean everyday isn’t sitting on a beach sipping sweet tea. There are dishes and after 52 years of washing dishes, there are still dishes to wash. Laundry? Only two of us at home now but laundry still wants to pile up. Hubby…

Yesterday we had a date day. It was great! We went to the movies and saw The Breadwinner. Hilarious comedy about a guy whose wife got a Shark Tank deal. The hosts told her if husband could fill in for her for a few weeks, they would give her money and put her invention in the stores. That was super! He proceeded to attempt the impossible of filling her shoes caring for three daughters and…

“Julie & Julia”. That was my Memorial Day movie this year. I admit I shed a tear or two at the roll of the credits. You might wonder why. One small thing is that the scene from Saturday Night Live where Dan Aykroyd played Julia Child and cut his hand which bled profusely. Well, that memory is burnt into both my husband’s and my memory. That was the 1976 episode that ended our SNL watching days.…

Last night we watched our 11th grade grandson playing in a spring football game. It was offense vs defense so it was very different. Not only that, they scored differently so it got confusing at times. I decided I couldn’t keep up with the plays and the scoring, so I just kept my eye on our grandson on the field. Oh beloved, God speaks to my heart and yours this morning. When things are…