An Isaiah 61 kind of day
Something very powerful happens when you put God’s Word to music. Today in church, we sang Isaiah 61, which got me thinking – Every day is an Isaiah 61 kind of day! Who am I bringing heaven to today?
Recycled Roses
It’s always sad watching that once beautiful and fragrant bouquet of long stemmed, red roses wilt. Our 21st wedding anniversary roses lasted a week. Expensive, extravagant gesture on my husband’s part … but our relationship is worth investing in. He knows what melts my heart. I know that a home […]
A Stranger’s Kindness
Here is a positive story of kindness in the midst of grief and emotional upheaval. My Dad died in February, 2016 at age 87 while under hospice care. The preceding 60 days were intense: watching his suffering while juggling caregiving, replete with all the medical, financial and emotional decisions required. […]
Call Me Myrtle
I want to be called Myrtle. You read that right. God has a sense of humor. The prophet Jeremiah in chapter 31 tells a woman to not gad about. Gad about? Who talks like that? So I look it up. A gadabout is a habitual pleasure-seeker. Synonyms are traveler, globetrotter or […]
Don’t Poke the Bear
“Hey, don’t poke the bear, buddy.” We know what happens, the bear fights back. Not a good place for humans to be. Discussing my elderly Dads progress with his therapist, I asked if she’d heard from his health insurance provider as to continued coverage. “Not yet” she replied. Simultaneously we […]
A Gummer & Plumber
This is a tale of two men, one a toothless sludge remover, the other a jack of all trades. Both men shared the counter of a neighborhood diner. The place didn’t matter. The scene plays out everywhere. The robust coffee, home cooking and cheap prices drew them in daily. Maybe […]
Hellish Tasks
In a corner of hell, there is a woman hunched over cleaning a moldy shower. Using her brush, she scrubs the pink and black spots, then rinses. They reappear minutes later. The process continues ad infinitum. Another scene has a teenager trimming a bouganvilla bush. The dagger-like spikes have left […]
Humorous Cattails of Hope
My WordPress dashboard tells me my most read blog categories are: humor, cats, fireflies and vacation tales. Hmmm. Shall I write funny devotionals about cats and fireflies to capture reader interest? However fascinating, Healing Writer is a devotional site with the goal of bringing hope to an often dark world […]
Boomer Letter to 80 Million Millennials
Our three adult children were born between 1975 and 1979, respectively, placing them in the millennial generation. My Boomer husband and I carry them in our hearts constantly, as do all parents of every generation. But as I survey the world we live in with all its troubles, escalating violence […]
Guilty!
Our house was burgled last night. Cat burgled. Crime scene consisted of one headless, grey ceramic dove lying askew on the tile, perpendicular to the tv. The television DVR machine thingy was out of place and the scene reeked of Friskies. Evidence is completely circumstantial at this time, but the […]
Kathryne Leach 