I got a chuckle this week when I ran across this excerpt from my book, Too Blessed to be Stressed for Moms, and I thought you might too. Enjoy! They’re Not Crow’s-Feet; They’re Chuckle Crinkles (c) 2018 Debora M. Coty “You know me inside and out, you hold me together” (Psalm 41:12 MSG) Since her ...
Well I Never Knew
Most of us have benefitted in some way by riding the tsunami of media tributes to the Queen of Country Music, Miss Dolly Parton, since her unexpected graduation to heaven a few weeks ago at a young age 80. I was always kind of a passive fan – especially of her terrific movies, 9 to ...
Celebrating Commitment
Yesterday was my 48th wedding anniversary (how can it POSSIBLY be that long?) and I’d like to say a few words about an understated aspect of long term relationships: commitment. Webster defines commitment as intentionally connecting, entrusting, and placing something precious to you into a place of safekeeping. Whoa, I love that explanation of how ...
Gather Together
I just love this pic – all these different animals coming together in peace and comradery to draw folks (including me!) to an unexpected petting zoo in the parking lot of a large urban hotel. My fave was the spotted piggy you can’t see in this photo – her name was Elvira and she adored ...
Emotional Ditches
So there I was, sitting in the Tampa airport last week, wishing I wasn’t all alone, waiting for my flight to be called. I was headed to our big annual Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) conference, held in St. Louis this year, and was feeling a little weepy because … well, because although nothing ...
Old and New BFFs
A short and sweet post this week – because I’m rustling up courage to venture out to enjoy this blasting furnace we call summer just like you are! I want to thank all my BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever) at BayLife Church in Brandon, FL for having me as the speaker at their ultra fun Christmas ...
Aging Grossfully
I keep running across the phrase “aging gracefully” in magazines and posts for us sweetly ripened folks. But isn’t the naked truth that we’re more likely aging grossfully, regardless of how hard we try to gloss over the wrinkles of memory dullness, wit dullness, intellectual dullness, and physical dullness? Let’s face it, my sweetly ripened ...
When It Seems So Obvious
In the middle of some confusing circumstances happening in my life right now, I keep flashing back to a funny story from my childhood. I think Papa God is trying to tell me something. I’m just not sure what. And that’s the whole point. Sometimes we think we have something all figured out … but ...
Blueprint for Joy
Short and sweet post for today .. came to me on my prayer walk this morning. What are your thoughts, dearest BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever)? Blueprint for a life of Jesus-Joy Acknowledge painful losses when they come. And they will. Weep deep. Grieve what could have been. Thank Papa God for all that is. Look ...
To Do or Not To Do
Spouse and I were vegetating through the movie Rocky 3 the other night – don’t ask me why – when an ingenious quote I’d forgotten slid from the lips of the immortal fighter Rocky Balboa and stopped me in my tracks. (Yo, why hasn’t anybody ever written a book called, “Everything I Know, I Learned ...