By the time one hits Round Six in the boxing ring, it means they have some fight in them. It also means they likely have a cut lip, black eye and some sore ribs. They didn’t make it through five full rounds by dancin’ pretty. Welcome to round six of reflections of an election heart. […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Five
1976. America celebrated its two hundredth birthday midway through the year. My husband and I married in September. Rocky, a low-budget film about a Philadelphia small-time boxer who gets a rare chance to fight heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, was released (against all box office odds) on November 21. 2016. Forty years later. While America was […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Four
A soldier, a scientist, and an RN walked into a bar. They each had a piece of the whole. So did the welder ordering a root beer and the secretary nursing a diet Pepsi. Did you know that at any given time, that’s all any of us really have? A ‘piece of the whole’? Of […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Three
If you’ve ever had a major operation you know there is an increase in pain a few days post-surgery. The anesthesia that was delivered into your system, so that what needed to be cut into and explored, repaired, removed or realigned could be, has worn off. A couple days later, the undeniable realization that your insides […]
Reflections of an Election Heart, Round Two
Today the sun was shining with unseasonably nice temps for a third of the way through November. Since I live on the west coast of the United States at this writing, Mr. O and Mr. T have already shaken hands and ‘struck the pose’ for the White House press and paparazzi. After which they presumably […]
Reflections of an Election Heart
It is the ninth of November. A day after what is now termed as a most ‘historic night in U.S. history’. Our new President-Elect Donald Trump is set to become sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. In the words of Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the […]
Vineyard Days – Ruby Vintage
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. For the Director of our Ruby song. Of Wayne & Nancy. A song of praise. We waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to us and heard our cry. He lifted us out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set our […]
Ishshah’s Story – Joy Comes in the Morning
This month’s contributor post entitled Joy Comes in the Morning over at Ishshah’s Story is especially meaningful this Thanksgiving season here in the U.S., for Wayne and I welcomed a new grandchild in November! We have so much, including new life in our family, for which to be thankful. God has been gracious unto us. Yet, […]
The Day of His Wedding
“Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all scented powders of the merchant? Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; sixty mighty men around it, of the mighty men of Israel. All of them are wielders of the sword, expert in war; each […]
To My Groom…
“…I found him whom my soul loves…” Song of Songs 3:4 Happy 37th Anniversary to my beloved Wayne David. Your bride for life…Nancy Charlene