Tag: Family

Our Great Physician – A Poem

On my way home from an appointment with my doctor during which I told her how much better I am feeling since I quit eating dairy, I thought about how Jesus is our Great Physician. I decided to write my Thankful Thursday poem about this....

Dairy Free for Recipe Friday

I spent most of the month January feeling awful, going to the doctor and having tests done, and getting one negative test result after another. Each doctor visit would add to the list of what wasn’t wrong with me. I had no appetite, and whenever...

First Things First – A Poem

This poem was born of the realization (or more appropriately, a reminder) that I do not have it within myself to love or to live in peace apart from my Savior. I don’t know how to be gentle or faithful without His Holy Spirit to...

Here I Am – A Poem by Benton

My son asked me to read a poem he wrote for his American Contemporary World class. The assignment was to write a “found poem,” which means each line of the poem is one he found somewhere in the various articles and documents they had read...

The Dinner Assignment for Recipe Friday

I don’t have a new recipe to share today. Instead I want to share what a blessing my dear son is and what a great cook he is. He is taking Food and Nutrition in school this semester, and the semester is almost over. Until...

Grampa Cookies for Recipe Friday

Ever since I have known him, which is almost 27 years, my father-in-law has made the yummiest cookies at Christmas time. Each family gets a tin filled with these cookies every year. We call them Grampa Cookies. This year I decided to get the “recipe” from...

Twenty-Four Years – A Poem

January 3, 1988 is the day my mom died. It’s been 24 years today. At the dVerse Poets Pub today, Brian says there is a poem in everything. Perhaps there is a poem in this. Twenty-Four Years We knew it was coming the diagnosis was...