Inspirational/musing Archives

Time travel and the lost luggage – return from Samoa

Posted on March 3, 2020March 15, 2020 by Linda

Striving for Perfection

Posted on January 18, 2020April 1, 2020 by Linda

Love Your Life! Overcoming Depression

Posted on October 22, 2018April 1, 2020 by Linda

Love your life! Nobody chooses depression. It's not like it's on a menu and people say, "Ooh, I'll have that!" It's more like being mugged in a dark alley. Nobody asks for it, but it can happen against our will and desires. Even though getting in can happen as a matter of course, or circumstances, or whatever, getting out of depression requires a choice. A...

Finest Career – Mother

Posted on April 3, 2018January 18, 2020 by Linda

What makes a great day?

Posted on October 31, 2017December 12, 2019 by Linda

A great day Last night I was visiting with my daughter and she asked about my day. "I had a great day today," I beamed. "That's awesome. What did you do today? What made it such a great day?" she asked. So I began to tell her about my day. The car is overheating even though we already took it to the shop to address that issue and it was supposed to be solved. I ...

The Miracle of Normal

Posted on October 5, 2017April 1, 2020 by Linda

This is my little grandson Andreas (Andy). He had hydrocephalus probably from the time he was in the womb, but we didn't know it until one fateful night when he was 9 months old and we nearly lost him. A delicate brain surgery preserved his life, but the pressure on his brain had already caused significant damage. One side of the brain was affected more severely than the...

The importance of family

Posted on October 5, 2017April 1, 2020 by Linda

I love my family. This document called "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" was issued in September of 1995. Part of it reads: Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, lo...

The Gifts of Time and Money

Posted on October 2, 2017April 1, 2020 by Linda

The gifts of time and money I recently took a class where I was challenged to look at my relationship with money. How do I feel about money? (more…)

Terrible-rotten-no-good-very-bad-day

Posted on September 1, 2017December 12, 2019 by Sarah

The Terrible Rotten No Good Very Bad Day A groan escaped my lips when my hand met resistance against the frosted doorknob. She forgot to unlock the doors again. Normally it wouldn’t be such a big deal to be locked out of the facility, but ever since the weather turned cold this frequent occurrence suddenly became numbing. Literally. All feeling drained from my fingers ...

Crappy Day

Posted on November 21, 2016December 12, 2019 by Linda

So to recap the day. Dog poop, flat tire, rejection and job disappointment for Sarah, rejection and job disappointment for me, fractured skull for Andy, and a wrecked airplane for Lewis It was a crappy day both literally and figuratively. (more…)