by debracelovsky | Apr 27, 2020 | Family Life, Into the Vineyard
Vines, perhaps like some great artists, need to suffer to make good grapes.Anne Bousquet, Domaine Bousquet, Argentina The northwestern end of the Dry Creek Valley, where I work here in Sonoma County, ascends the Coast Range to elevations of almost 3,000 feet. If...
by debracelovsky | Apr 22, 2020 | Family Life, Prayer
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ...
by debracelovsky | Mar 16, 2020 | Family Life, Lent/Easter, Prayer, Word
When I was in my teens, a newly-minted driver, my sister and I stopped at Fosters Freeze one blazing hot afternoon for the largest possible chocolate swirl ice cream cones. It was the middle of a typically sweltering summer in Redding, CA and there we were sailing...
by debracelovsky | Feb 17, 2020 | Family Life, Valentine's Day, Word
Plenty of hate in the world today. Plenty of violence. The world needs God’s love. But what does that mean? How do you know when you are in the presence of love? Is it a feeling? Oh, we’re big on feelings nowadays. You have yours and I have mine and should...
by debracelovsky | Feb 3, 2020 | Family Life, Health
Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future. Fulton Oursler Nasty business, regret. Memories of things said and left unsaid, things done and left undone. Recently I came across a journal entry from a number...
by debracelovsky | Jan 6, 2020 | Family Life
Happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family – in another city. George Carlin While I hope that cynical/funny observation doesn’t describe your tribe, it’s too true for too many families. Regarding the basic idea, and to be technically...
