by skimhenson | Nov 9, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, She Laughed
“Wherever there’s laughter, there’s heaven.” Madeleine L’Engle from A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles L’Engle likely wouldn’t have convinced me about laughter’s holiness except I heard my grandchildren. When their giggles...
by skimhenson | Nov 8, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, She Laughed
“We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.” Bil Keane Bil Keane was most known for his newspaper comic The Family Circus. Included in his circle of friends were other wholesomely funny people like author and...
by skimhenson | Nov 3, 2021 | She Laughed
She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25 NIV This verse from Proverbs 31 in the Bible comes under the manmade heading “The Wife of Noble Character,” so when I saw a post on social media that condensed to “She...
by skimhenson | Nov 2, 2021 | Happiness Now, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“The future influences the present just as much as the past does.” Friedrich Nietzsche If I ever wondered how the future effected now, these two quotes contained at least part of my answer. “Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with...
by skimhenson | Nov 1, 2021 | Happiness Now, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” James Oppenheim Dear Jesus, help me be where my feet are. Amen Too often, I’m not here, not present in the moment. I’m tossed into the past like Marty McFly in the movie Back to...