I had heard rumors of missing cats in our semi-rural neighborhood, and even a blood and guts description of, well, the blood and gut remains one neighbor found of her cat one foggy morning. There were several accounts of coyote sightings caught in headlights during the wee hours of the night. And then this morning, ...
Trapping the Weasel
Fear is a covert weasel that can sneak in under the wire and wreak havoc in our feelings and decisions without us even being aware of the wily little beast. I’ve never been more aware of this fact than last week when my daughter asked me to accompany her and her husband to their 12-week ...
Meet my future daughter-in-law!
? ? My son is engaged! Matthew popped the question to his beautiful Rebecca at our Smoky Mt. cabin last week. No date yet but we’ll keep you posted! Copyright Your Blog Name 2012 at DeboraCoty.blogspot.com
The Party’s Over
Just got back from a wonderful, relaxing week in the Smokies where Spouse and I saw no less than 7 deer, 2 foxes, a gazillion chipmonks (a rare treat for us Floridians) and a few elderly squirrels. Not exactly like this one – most used canes instead of walkers. As an extra treat, we had ...
A little spiritual refreshment
Enjoying a girls day at the beach for fun, food and Bible Study with my spiritual sisters a few weeks ago. Okay, back to my series of Scripture meditations from my personal spiritual retreat. This one is from Zephaniah 3:17, CEV: The Lord your God wins victory after victory and is always with you. He clebrates and sings ...
If You Can’t Fix it, Decorate it!
I didn’t know the neighbor at the far end of my walking route, but I felt badly for them. One night during the sweltering summer months, someone had backed into their brick mailbox stand, toppling the top half of the four-foot-high monument adorning their front yard. Apparently too heavy to remount, the beheaded portion stood akilter alongside its ...
His Voice
This is the second of a series on my meditations of scripture during a recent personal retreat. Today’s passage: 1 Kings 19:11-12: The still, small voice of God. 1. “Go stand on the mountain” was a command to take action; GO! Stand alone, exposed and vulnerable; wait on the Lord to come to you. You’re in His ...
The Best Gift is a Sacrifice
This post is the first of a series sharing insights that I encountered about various scriptures on a personal spiritual retreat I enjoyed this summer while all alone for a week in our remote Smoky Mt. cabin. (If you’ve never invested yourself in a spiritual retreat, I HIGHLY recommend it!) My technique was to take one passage per day, ...
Stress Happens
Such a marveous weekend! Crazy busy, but marvelous nonetheless. That’s not to say there weren’t glitches, but hey, all’s well that ends well, right? I’ve come to realize that stress happens no matter how well thought out or planned-to-the-hilt an event is. I co-directed the Florida Inspirational Writers Retreat at Cedarkirk in Lithia on Saturday, ...
Picky, Picky
For lack of table space, I laid out all the fixings for eight gift baskets on the floor of my office … a cute little scarecrow for each, flavored tea bags, floral stationery, various writing supplies, and a ceramic fall mug filled with chocolate Kisses, Godiva gems, Baby Ruths, Nestle Crunches, Butterfingers, Dove dark chocolate-caramel ...