When it Rains . . .

Cheryl - March 13, 2025

I am sure you have heard the old expression, “when it rains it pours.” Well, I for one would buy stock in that expression, considering the last several weeks of my life. Drip, drip, drip, the raindrops started. First, my car (just shy of three years old) began making a ticking sound whenever I accelerated.  […]

Either You’re a Christian or You’re Not . . .

Cheryl - February 26, 2025

Have you ever been around someone whose negativity has affected you so gravely that you find yourself mimicking their behavior? Do thoughts of disgust and judgement wash over you?     There are times while sitting at my nephew’s sporting events, that I have found myself caught up in the energy around me. When the negative […]

One Last Gift

Cheryl - January 28, 2025

Seeing my Dad ill was as natural to me as breathing, and although I’d grown accustomed to the countless hospital visits and emergency room trips, I never could get used to the possibility of him dying.  It was something that I always worried about, but tried to convince myself that it could never happen. As […]

That’s Probably Pete

Cheryl - January 21, 2025

When my husband and I bought our first home in the country, it was an exciting adventure for us.  After first living in an apartment, and then a rental house surrounded by neighbors, we both longed for the privacy that living in the country would afford us. Although the home itself needed much updating, we […]

When God Speaks, Listen . . .

Cheryl - January 6, 2025

I had never been a participant in my previous church’s food ministry.  It wasn’t that I hadn’t wanted to be, I just don’t take kindly to the unknown and I had absolutely no idea what to expect.  In reality, I thought that I would have to prepare the meal, serve it and hand out bags […]

Making Mountains Out of Molehills

Cheryl - December 31, 2024

My husband has often told me that I make mountains out of molehills. In fact, he seems to think that all the women in my family do that.  Not that he’s wrong, after all, my sisters and I can labor over a decision at great length.  We’ve often nearly missed lunch by trying to decide […]

God Loves Her . . .

Cheryl - November 5, 2024

We’ve all probably had an encounter with someone that has gotten under our skin.  More likely, there have probably been several encounters throughout our lifetime with a variety of people that have managed to say the wrong thing at the exact moment when you don’t need to hear it and you find yourself wanting to […]

Shoes, Shoes, and More Shoes . . .

Cheryl - October 28, 2024

It was during a conversation with one of my sisters, that she suggested I might be able to come up with a fundraiser idea for my church at the time. Say what? I had never done any type of fundraiser in my life, unless selling Girl Scout cookies way back in the day counts.  I […]

God Uses Zip Ties . . .

Cheryl - October 28, 2024

Yes, you read that right, God uses zip ties.  Okay, please allow me to explain.  Several months ago, my husband (a huge lover of zip ties and bungee straps) was working on a project that required zip ties.  With said project complete and one remaining zip tie leftover, my husband handed it to me for […]

A Clean Slate

Cheryl - October 26, 2024

Are you one of those people who never delete a text or are you like me, you delete every text after reading it? I’ve asked my family, more times than I can count, to resend me the information they’d previously texted me because I’d deleted it without retaining all the information I needed from said […]

Thinking Out Loud . . .

Cheryl - October 26, 2024

Have you ever had those days when you’d really like to say out loud the words that are going through your head, but because you are a Christian, you can’t or don’t say what you are actually thinking.  Let’s just say (for example’s sake) that you are really in a hurry, but you need to […]

Read the Instructions

Cheryl - October 14, 2024

It was one of those days when everything seemed to be difficult, including something as simple as vacuuming my floor. With vacuum handle in hand, I maneuvered around furniture, quickly finding myself getting wrapped up in my sweeper’s electrical cord, and muttering in frustration that I wouldn’t have been able to do that again had […]