Shining Moments

Wonderful happenings that occur when we least expect them. My heart danced for joy as I read on Facebook about my friend Alyssa Riedl’s experience at Walmart. Alyssa touched my heart months ago when I heard of her and her husband’s adoption of some precious children....

Shining Moments

Music springs from the soul. Although we might spend thousands and thousands on lessons to learn to play the correct notes and have flawless techniques, the music still dwells within the soul of the artist. I always longed to learn to play the piano. I’ll never forget...

Shining Moments

No life has everything. But no matter how you look at it there are so many blessings it would be wrong to focus on what has been withheld. I, for one, am so tremendously grateful for the privilege of being Mom to my two daughters that my heart sings and sings....

Shining Moments

The joyous news caused me to leap with gladness. My wife is going to have a baby. God’s special timing. Their glorious ‘and it came to pass’. From the time I was a very young girl I longed to be a mother. I could just imagine holding my own freshly bathed and powdered...

Shining Moments

To market, to market to buy a loaf of apricot pecan whole wheat bread. Moving Meadows Farm is the place to go on Saturday morning in Culpeper,VA. Along with other popular vendors their stand keeps beckoning to me. Today Jenny and I pondered all the tasty selections...