by debracelovsky | Aug 10, 2020 | Family Life, Health, Random Thinkings
I have a mustard seed and I’m not afraid to use it.Pope Benedict XVI In the field down the road from where I used to live was a twelve acre field. It was owned by an elderly woman who, some years, leased it to a farmer who planted oats. When rains came, vernal...
by debracelovsky | Jul 27, 2020 | Family Life, Word
A warm welcome to guest blogger, Julie McGhghy! We met while on a study tour of Israel in 2018. She is a writer, teacher, speaker, and associate in missions. After leaving her lengthy career as an attorney and privacy officer in 2019, she now devotes her time to...
by debracelovsky | Jul 24, 2020 | Family Life
She wanted to sing her new song. My soon-to-be-2 granddaughter stood in our living room twisting her toddler fingers into climby-spider shapes. Adorable. So I looked for a colorful board book about the critter. Found one, glanced through it quickly, liked the creative...
by debracelovsky | Jul 20, 2020 | Family Life, Health
Life would be infinitely happier if we could be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.Mark Twain Have you ever walked through an elder care facility and wondered about the lives of those men and women? About what regrets they might have? Australian...
by debracelovsky | Jul 13, 2020 | Family Life
If I get married, I want to be very married.Audrey Hepburn, Actress Funny. As of yesterday I’ve been married 45 years. 45 years. I have to sit and look at that for a minute. Okay. Here are a few things I’ve learned about marriage so far: The idea of...
by debracelovsky | Jul 3, 2020 | Family Life, Liberty
I don’t think government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, but I don’t think government has a role. Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Here is a...