Okay, after all this serious stuff, I'm feeling the need for a laugh or two. Proverbs 15:13, "A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken." To put it simply: laughter is the best...
The SwagStaffs Story
Blue Eyes and Rosy Cheeks
November 22, 2005 Today, we found out I was pregnant! I almost couldn't believe it was true. Your dad was the most excited. He was so happy and proud. His eyes were lit up like a little boy's in a candy shop! You are our special little gift from God. We are so...
How Low Can You Go
"Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning," he said. "Which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing...
The Best Laid Plans
We’ve all done it…planned out our lives from start to finish. But by a show of hands whose plans have turned out perfectly without change or hiccup? That’s what I thought – I see no hands raised? (Cue the harp music as we return to where we left off with our...
Judy
I, Julie, was born in 1980 to Bill and Susanne. My mother accepted Christ shortly after I was born, but my father was not interested in any of it at the time. My mom took me and my siblings to church once and awhile as she wanted to grow, but found it challenging as...
Morph
Stephen was born in 1977 to Brent and Lorna. He was raised in a Christian home and was saved at the age of seven. He understood what was being taught to him during his years of attending Sunday School and at home. He realized that according to Romans 3:23 he was a...
Something New
I have often read blogs posted by friends and thought they are so talented to express themselves in writing and how brave they are to share their personal thoughts. I didn't ever see myself as that person nor did I think I had anything worth sharing. However,...
Time 2 Move
Are you feeling like you are stuck in a “rut”? I once heard an old preacher say that “a rut is just a grave with the ends kicked out.” If you are anything like me, Covid changed the way you lived and moved about. Because of a compromised immune system, I cloistered...
The Pain Truth
While everything may look lined up and in place on the exterior, there may be a more sinister enemy threatening to knock things over. PAIN, the unseen enemy that can take a perfectly good looking day and turn it into a crumpled pile of “if only’s.” I don’t have the...