A Cheerful Giver. . .

Cheryl - December 9, 2025

During the Christmas season, I have often dropped money into the Salvation Army kettles, always strategically placed at the entrance of my favorite stores.  Sometimes I have given happily and other times begrudgingly, and there are those times when I will do whatever it takes to avoid those bell ringers.  Actually, I did that a […]

Eye Judgement . . .

Cheryl - November 4, 2025

There are right ways and wrong ways of judging someone, and before you get all righteous on me, yes, I clearly know that God is our only judge.  However, is that 100% accurate? For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is He who will save […]

THEY . . .

Cheryl - October 1, 2025

If I were a betting woman, (I’m not) I could easily bet that at some point in everyone’s life, they’ve had someone use the pronoun “they” to describe a situation where irrational blame is involved.  I could also easily bet that I would win that wager (again, if I were a betting woman). However, I […]

Doing the Right Thing . . .

Cheryl - August 28, 2025

There are so many times when doing the right thing is a choice, instead of the automatic that it should be.  As someone who absolutely loves the convenience of grocery pickups, I will admit that I haven’t always “automatically” did the right thing, especially when someone else’s groceries got mixed in with mine.  After all, […]

All That Glitters . . .

Cheryl - August 6, 2025

During the construction of mine and my husband’s new home, we were finally at the point where we needed to pick out our cabinets and countertops for our kitchen, among other things, such as trim and lighting.  There was a large home improvement store within thirty minutes of our home that we often frequented, but […]

Complaining 101 . . .

Cheryl - July 16, 2025

What justifies complaining? Are we aware of how often we do it? Do we make exceptions to what actually is considered to be complaining? Can telling someone about how rude the clerk was to you in the check-out line be a form of grumbling? I guess that depends on how we form our words into […]

Look Up . . .

Cheryl - July 3, 2025

Having someone that you love, die, creates a wave of emotions that you can sometimes find difficult to control. There is a helplessness that comes from loss, and sometimes because of that helplessness, our emotions take over where calm is unable to prevail. Pain is an individual thing, and just as no two snowflakes are […]

Morse Code in the Bathroom

Cheryl - June 1, 2025

I think most people would agree, that throughout life, we all can develop an attachment or two.  Babies get attached to pacifiers and bottles.  Toddlers get attached to their favorite stuffed animal, blanket or parent.  Teenagers become attached to clothes, friends and drama.  Adults get attached to money, cars. . . and the list goes on.   […]