I looked at the text: “Can you call me when you get a second.” It came from my father’s only sister. We hadn’t corresponded much over the years and had done so even less since my father had died. When I called, she told me she had a few items that belonged to my grandmother. She thought I might want them. Of course, I did. I love old things, especially if they belonged to a family member. …
Continue reading →Como el manzano entre los árboles silvestres, Así es mi amado entre los jóvenes; Bajo la sombra del deseado me senté, Y su fruto fue dulce a mi paladar. ~Cantares 2:3 RVR60 “¿Le gustaría que le de una rebanada de manzana?» Me Pregunto Angelita. . . “Por supuesto”, le respondí, sin saber que ya ella les había preguntado a los demás la misma pregunta, quienes estaban sentados en la mesa de la Conferencia. Angelita cortó en rodajas la manzana en … Continue reading →
Sometimes peace needs to be enforced, and that by military prowess. When godless men oppress our children, women, and elderly, it is then that we must call upon the courageous amongst us, including our brave young men and women, to save us from these intruders. Our peace is not free. It is the gift of selfless heroes who look beyond their needs to secure ours. …
Continue reading →Not only did my grandmother can and freeze her abundance of vegetables, but she also froze any leftover food she had. …
Continue reading →Of Mom and Dad’s three sons, somehow, I received most of the family heirlooms. As family members aged, they either offered me these items or I asked for them. Since I’m a nostalgic kind of guy, I grabbed every piece of furniture and nick knack I could. …
Continue reading →¿Qué dice la Biblia sobre la celebración de los héroes caídos?
Continue reading →In our area of the United States, hummingbirds arrive in late March or early April and hang around until mid-October. A few weeks before their arrival, I hang three feeders for the scouts who arrive earlier to find so they can tell the later arrivers. One feeder outside our back-porch window, one outside our dining room window, and one outside our kitchen window. Almost anywhere we sit or stand in the house, we can view the beautiful little birds feeding. …
Continue reading →One year before, the app showed my wife and I had joined our daughter and her two boys for a trip to Granddad’s Apples in Hendersonville, NC—a trip we made annually, either with them or someone else. This particular year, things had gotten busy. Had the app not reminded me, we may have forgotten to go. …
Continue reading →Él nos adopta en Su familia…
Continue reading →Ya como persona adulta era difícil aceptar que yo era amada incluso cuando me equivocaba. Había algo en mi corazón que me impedía aceptar el amor incondicional de mi Padre Celestial. No podía entender que Dios me ama todo el tiempo. Su amor no se basa en mi rendimiento. El sigue amándome. Ya sea que yo sea buena, mala o indiferente, Dios aun me ama todavía….
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