An Astonished Mind

Homemade Stew -- Another Sign I'm Healing So tonight after working all day to clean out my cupboards, freezers, and fridge, I made a ...

Why "Deformed" Musings? I realized after I just posted on Face Book that I might end up with some new readers who might be wond...

Divine Appointments Today was my last day on the job for cleaning the home of one of the local doctors. They were truly a delightful family...

Marc, this one is for you. Please just go away....

Just When You Think You've Made Progress... I've had to have far too much contact with my ex-husband lately. We just did an exchang...

I'm Back After a hiatus in which fear of man ruled my life and where I was afraid to speak my mind because of what others would say or t...

Where the Line of Antithesis Lies Sometimes in our desire to pursue and maintain truth, we draw the line of antithesis between ourselves and...

Depression, Guilt and Miscellaneous other Things... One of the things that you should never do if you at all think you are depressed is to t...

This could well be my theme song... "Stand" You feel like a candle in a hurricane Just like a picture with a broken frame Alone an...

Happy Birthday to Me-- So it's been 47 years, 12 children and 3 and a half grandchildren later. Think it shows???

One of the Best Christmas Presents ever... ...is one I won't be able to see until next August. Yep, I'm going to be a grandmother ...

Merry Christmas I didn't think I would ever hear myself saying those words ever again, nor writing them either. Some would claim this a...

This one is for Chrysalis, Chrysalis, you have always intrigued me. Please email me privately because I wouldn't mind corresponding wit...

Everyone at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with teh feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that n...

More Wisdom from Lemony Snicket Recess is part of the school day designed to give children a break from the more unpleasant aspects of the e...

Labor Day is a holiday honoring those who work for a living. Laborious Day is a lesser known holiday honoring those who cannot stop talking ...

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hu...

Deciding whether or not to trust a person is like deciding whether or not to climb a tree, because you might get a wonderful view from the h...

Good sound advice on how to deal with your problems and issues...

A Bitter Truth Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the crimes, follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we w...

A poignant song

Thanks to Raging Calvinist for this.

I'll tell you flat out It hurts so much to think of this So from my thoughts I will exclude The very thing that I hate more than everyth...

Church Sign Smack Down Click on the link above for something pretty funny.

"Every faculty you have, your power of thinking or of moving your limbs from moment to moment, is given to you by God. If you devoted ...

Sorry this is so small. This is my youngest grandchild, Elora Ann and myself.

One of my newest favorite bands...

Summertime Friends...

My Grand-daughters (so far) Top -- Keiannah who is now 6, and beneath, Elora Ann, who is now eight months.

More Family Photos -- Top photo is the entire gang, including old ugly (and I don't mean me!). Next photo is of my grand-daughter Keia...

This is my son Ben and his new bride, Tonya. Aren't they a nice looking couple?

This song is for the X.

Super Progress... When I consider that I used to wear a size 20 and am now needing to buy size 10 in a lot of clothing, I think I have made ...

Am I A Feminist? It appears that some confusion exists in the minds of some of my readers about where I am now compared to where I used to b...

World's Shortest Fairytale Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?" The girl said "No." And so the...

Things I See Out My Window So I am sitting in my office on the phone, looking out my window. I see a graceful white-tailed deer eating gras...

For those tempted to cynicism because of experience with Christianity... This is where reality is found.

This is your life. Are you who you want to be?

The words say it all...

A New Way to Post Lyrics You just gotta love YouTube. Now I can not only post lyrics, I can also post the actual music video which makes th...

I think this is one of the most engaging pieces of music I've heard lately.

When I Go Down Sung by Reliant K I'll tell you flat out it hurts so much to think of this so from my thoughts I will exclude the very th...

Two Best Friends, Reprise

"On Fire" Song and lyrics by Daniel Victor and Jonathan Foreman of Switchfoot They tell you where you need to go They tell you wh...

Telling the Truth There is much in relation to all the RPNA church crud that I have been holding back on my blog for a variety of reasons. ...