Spouse Day!
Today is recognized as Spouse day. It originated as a nod to military spouses but is set aside recognize the value of your spouse, being thankful for the support and security of this unique long term relationship. Speaking as one who misses hers, please cherish one another as long as you can!
Life as a Thank you – 4
G. GERALD M Dear Jerry, I decided to write an old-school note of gratitude each week in 2016. I was thinking about you in light of your birthday and so here we go: Some people are strategically placed in someone else’s life, like parents. You are one of those people that God put in my…
Living Life as A Thank You – 3
Dear Earl & Connie, One of my goals in 2016 is to hand write a thank-you-note each week to someone, and count my blessings verbally by letting people know how my life is better because they are in it! How do I even start this thank you to you two?! 35 years have come and…
Living Life as a Thank you – 2
Scott, Today is your Birthday! I hope it is happy and that 2016 is followed with unimaginable blessings and joy. I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you thank you. I decided to increase my gratitude quotient, so I set a goal to hand write one thank-you-note a week–come what may–and write 52 thank-you…
Living Life as a Thank you – 1
TIBBY C. I thought would take this year and send a thank you note each week to someone who I needed to thank. It seems a bit cheesy because there is no way I can express my gratitude adequately but I will give it my best shot! Tibby! Today is your birthday! And it seemed…
Happy 2016
I don’t know what the future holds and sometimes I find that overwhelming. But I do know who holds the future so I hope to continue to lean in to His grace each day of this year. I am struggling to decide whether or not I want to make any resolutions; I want to say…
Fear Not
I love the tradition of watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. I grew up watching it and I have always been a Peanuts fan. This year is the 50th anniversary and with the new Peanuts movie there seems to be more fanfare for all things Shultz than there has been in awhile. In fact, California is…
Merry Christmas 2015
˜Twas the night after Thanksgiving and all alone in the house I was reflecting on how life had changed since the death of my spouse A lifetime of blessings and memories shared Still praising Jesus that we had been paired. The children were once nestled snug in their beds, But they quickly grew up when…
60 years!
60 years ago….The world was very different than it was today. That is no surprise, but I do find it surprising that all that changes seems to happen without us realizing it. 60 years ago, life was pretty good; there were new inventions and conveniences and people couldn’t imagine life without them. Likewise, today, we…
The View of Gratitude 2015
This year for my discipline of giving thanks I am posting photos. I am thankful for more than this brief list will allow, and it is in random order, but join with me in the necessary privilege of becoming a more grateful person. ( I will be posting each day on facebook so this will…