by skimhenson | Sep 13, 2010 | fear, relationships
Remarkable, but true – God created flies with the ability to recognize a fly swatter. I figured this out recently, after years of observation. The minute I reach for the fly swatter, the fly disappears. Put it away, the fly comes back. Studying the theory in my...
by skimhenson | Sep 11, 2010 | patriotism, relationships, family stories
Dad stopped to watch a flag waving high on the flagpole. I stood quietly beside him and squinted to see its red and white stripes. I looked up at Dad in a starched blue shirt tucked neatly into his creased uniform pants. The eight silver stripes on his jacket sleeve...
by skimhenson | Sep 8, 2010 | acceptance, writing words to live by
My blog went live July 4, 2010. I breathed a sigh of freedom. Finally, I can write whatever I want and publish it the same day. For a moment, I felt like I landed a New York Times bestseller. The next moment, I cringed. Almost visibly. My ideas are half-baked and...
by skimhenson | Sep 6, 2010 | listening and talking, renovations for home and life
I heard the noise when our son pushed his chair back from the dining room table. “Be careful. We just redid the hardwood floors,” I said in a not-so-nice tone. That was about a week after my husband, John, and I finished a do-it-yourself project,...
by skimhenson | Sep 2, 2010 | funny ones, letting go
Initially, I didn’t share with my husband why I thought we were under attack, or that I suspected Woodette was assigned to us by God. The woodpecker felt kind of like Dudley in the Christmas movie The Bishop’s Wife. Dudley was an angel sent to save the Bishop...