She had spent most of her life alone. A hermit of sorts – or is that a hermette? Most would have said she had fallen through the cracks of compassion. Without a family or friends and not even a church she called home. It was Christmas Eve and she had scheduled a visit with me, […]

Cooler Weather and Holiday Time Greetings from Matagorda Peninsula Island, on this cold and blustery Nov. 10 morning. I think that we can safely say that Fall is now in full swing, as far as the weather goes. The days of temps in the 90’s with super high humidity, have thankfully faded away, and more […]

Count your blessings. Some people never need to be told to do that because gratitude is ingrained in the DNA of their character, while others have to be encouraged constantly because complaint is a part of theirs. Which are you? Wait, wait, come back! Don’t give up on this article because I called you out […]

This is a hard one to write, that is if I’m going to be honest in this space. It’s a couple weeks or so until Thanksgiving at the time of writing and the next two months plus will be the Christmas holiday season, maybe even sooner as the ads on television seem to think it […]

How do you sign off your letters? Maybe you end them with “love,” or “sincerely,” before signing. As a teenager I ended most of them “Signed Sincerely, Jack,” referring to a song I loved back then. A bit redundant, but it held meaning for me as a teen! The Epistle to the Romans, also known […]