I was asked to give my testimony at the Ladies' Christmas Tea this year. This post includes a video and the speaker notes.
...continue reading "Ladies’ Tea Testimony- WOC-Ellicott"Category: Personal Narrative
My Walk with the Lord
A reflection on where God met me and who I am now, in Him.
...continue reading "My Walk with the Lord"Isaiah 28
For years now, between bible studies and whenever I have "extra time", I've been reading and blogging my way through the Old Testament chronologically. Following Hosea, I'm back in Isaiah.
...continue reading "Isaiah 28"II Kings 12-13; II Chronicles 24
So we finally have the house of Ahab scrubbed from Israel and Judah. Jehu meeting God's mandate and then far exceeding it in brutality to secure his authority on the throne in the north; and the Lord using the high priest and his wife to save the remaining offspring in the line of David, taking the throne at the tender age of 7.
...continue reading "II Kings 12-13; II Chronicles 24"The Business of Life
In my work, I get to work on different projects each year. One of the projects I am working on this year is a digital game in which the player runs a business. It is replacing a predecessor that was notoriously buggy and it's off to an inauspicious beginning itself. We are beta testing (8 weeks behind schedule) and the math and game logic is deeply flawed. We've brought in a specialist to help fix the algorithms and logic and the more I hear in these meetings with the expert the more I understand just have flawed the math is.
The reason this work-related problem has made it to the blog is that the game is haunting me. Because this game is related to business and accounting, I have always been intimidated by it. I always felt that the project would have been better served by someone else sitting in my seat. Someone better skilled and gifted in these areas. But I have relied heavily on the experts to do the parts I cannot.
...continue reading "The Business of Life"In Remembrance: Debbie Parker
Beautiful Debbie, A Force of Nature
I lost my dear friend, Debbie Parker, this week.
I honestly still cannot comprehend how someone so vibrant, energetic, strong, competent, and positive could be gone so fast. I used to tease her that I was afraid of her because she was just a force of nature. She entered a room like a strong wind and things got taken care of very quickly and efficiently when she was on the task.
But the truth is, there isn’t anyone with as big of a heart as she. She loved and was loved by everyone around her. She was so easy to talk to about absolutely anything and everything. When we disagreed, it was honest, but polite and respectful—something many have lost the art of. Her desk was right outside of mine for years and I cannot count the number of us that she took under her wing—mentoring, coaching, and just listening. And she fed us. Dear Lord, that woman could cook. Entire Thanksgiving dinners, St. Patrick’s Day feasts, and yummy desserts.
But what she gave me, that no one else ever has, is a hope about aging. Many wonderful people I know have found ways to age gracefully and to find the best in it. But Debbie taught me it can be embraced. She found things in her life now that were markedly better and she encouraged me that new seasons would have improvements, as well as detractions.
This new season without her is going to hurt. But I’ll take the pain for all that I have gained as her friend.
My sincerest condolences to her daughter, Kait, and son, Drue. And to her sweet fluffy furbaby, Mia.
May God Bless her and keep her.
Lent 2016: March 23, Day 43- Tired and Busy?
If you want to change a behavior, one of the first things you can do is to just catalog the behavior. Want to lose weight, keep a food journal. Want to stop smoking? Keep a journal of when you have cravings and look for triggers. ...continue reading "Lent 2016: March 23, Day 43- Tired and Busy?"
Lent 2016: March 11, Day 31 – Weight Blog
I've been on a roll with my weight loss, and this is suppose to be a weblog, so I thought I would be brave and log my weight. ...continue reading "Lent 2016: March 11, Day 31 – Weight Blog"
Lent 2016: February 15, Day 6 -Princess Gratitude
I had the day off for the Presidents' Day holiday, so gratitude is sort of built right in. 🙂
This post is more confession than gratitude, I suppose... but here it goes. I am a crazy cat lady. I actually only have one cat, so I guess I'm not actually a full-blown crazy cat lady, but if not for fear of my husband divorcing me- I could easily become one. ...continue reading "Lent 2016: February 15, Day 6 -Princess Gratitude"