Roadblock in Aisle Three

Cheryl - May 31, 2026

Several months ago, I was inside my local Walmart store grabbing some items that I’d neglected to add to my usual pick-up order.  Preferring others to do my shopping for me because I’m not the biggest fan of going from aisle to aisle looking for things that I can never seem to find, I thought […]

Your Taillight is Hanging Down

Cheryl - May 5, 2026

One Saturday afternoon, several years ago, my husband walked into our house, asking me to look at his foot to see if I thought he should go to the ER. Now mind you, said foot was still inside his tennis shoe, which had been cut open by a chainsaw.  That newly vented tennis shoe was […]

Some Fries with My Miracle Please

Cheryl - March 31, 2026

For over a year now, I have been working on a book about my experiences from working in a church (both positive and negative ones). I’ve gotten a lot of opinions on how to proceed with my book. Those opinions mainly coming from Satan, and he of course wants nothing more than to interrupt the […]

Waffles in Church…

Cheryl - March 18, 2026

Last year, my husband and I went to see a live theater production of, The Thorn.  We’d never actually heard of it until a co-worker asked my husband if we planned on going.      After a little research, and a trailer preview of The Thorn, my husband suggested that we plan a weekend getaway.  Proposing […]

REFLECTIONS IN THE MIRROR…

Cheryl - February 25, 2026

I am one of those people who gets very frustrated with Christians who seem like part-time believers. Negativity goes hand and hand with doubting for me because I see doubting as not trusting God, and if you don’t trust God then how on earth can you call yourself a Christian. Oh how much I still […]

The Truth About Lying . . .

Cheryl - February 9, 2026

Lying has always been a pet peeve of mine, and yet, (I admit) I have lied. Okay, so nothing dramatic like perjuring myself in court, but more like those harmless little white lies that really don’t hurt anyone. I have told a child that I clearly see whatever animal they say they’ve drawn, when in […]

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 […]