Eating Disorders and Holidays

This is not one of my typical posts. However, I really feel lead to share and be real about what it is like for ladies with eating disorders (of any type) around the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. I hope to give some hope to anyone who has an eating disorder. Perhaps this can

Leslie Had a Little Lamb

(Part 2 of lessons from 4-H lambs) 4-H meetings and fair were absolute highlights of my summers growing up. Actually, they still are today! My first fair with those cute sheep that I had chosen was no exception. When we got to fair months later, I was confident that my lambs were great winners because

Valuable lessons from 4-H Lambs

Part 1: Know My Voice Those of us who live in a temperate climate are anxiously awaiting spring and all the new life it brings. March came in like a lamb for us this year. But typical to Ohio weather, those nice warm temperatures didn’t yet stay. Spring, new life, and the thought of lambs

Under Pressure

Psalm 31: 1-5 There are trees around an Ohio Wal-Mart parking lot that have been landscaped with large stones thickly piled around the base of each tree trunk. The stones then spread out filling the island around them. These trees stand starkly. They are trying to grow in a small island of soil in the

Reflections of Light

Part 2:( You may want to review part 1 and the story of the blind beggar from John 9. posted in Oct. 2021) What do you tell the reflection in the mirror? For many ladies we are our own worst critic when it comes to that reflection in the mirror. There are lies we believe

Mirror Mirror on the Wall…What do I See?

I would like to share a story about a man born blind who would by necessity sit alone in Jerusalem, the city where he had grown up. Because of his physical imperfection he was unable to work, being therefore forced to sit and beg from others for food and provisions. He had no control over

The Map Dot Where You Live

I loved growing up a true country girl!! I have always lived on a farm! When I was in high school, my parents bought a beautiful farm about 6 miles from the little burg that identified where this piece of land is located. However, this little burg was not exactly beautiful. It was often said,

The Strategy and The Source

What is your strategy for day to day living, for achieving goals, for happiness? What is the source of your strength for day to day, or while pressing toward that goal, and for getting through true challenges, heartaches, and trials? Do you tend to rely on intellect, emotions, inner-strength, and will-power? Well if you do,

Once Upon a Chick-Flick Girl

“You complete me.” is a famous quote from a 1996 Tom Cruz movie. In the movie, the girl drops everything for the guy, while he doesn’t appreciate or treat her with respect until speaking these words. Suddenly, he thinks she is what is missing in his life. The movie Cinderella portrays the prince experiencing love

Hedgeapple Trees

We currently have lots of hedgeapple trees in the woods surrounding our new home. As I look out our picture windows into our woods, I find myself studying these hedgeapple trees. Many of them are all twisted, bent over and gnarly looking. Some of them are invading the space of other trees and starting to