Five Minute Friday ~ In Between

Just for fun, I’ve decided to try this Five Minute Friday. So the deal is to write for 5 minutes on the topic Lisa Jo gives…no editing, no thinking too much…etc…just write and link back to her site. So the topic this week: In Between GO Today is an In Between, my oldest daughter, Sam, … Continue reading →

A Makeover & New Look

New is good — and I love learning new things and conquering new territory. This has been a work in progress and I feel I’m ready for the big reveal. I started this venture of blogging back in January of this year ~ and as most know, a new venture is always a learning process. … Continue reading →

A Change is comin’

Just a quick note to let my email followers know that a change is comin’! All of the email notifications you have been receiving have given the tag: “Growing in Grace has a new post” The change coming isn’t that I’m not still ‘growing in grace’ ~~~ because believe me I need His grace everyday! But … Continue reading →

Filling up on Cocoa Krispies

“Mom…I’m hungry!…I’m starving!!!” In our society, we do not know true hunger. We sometimes skip breakfast and by noon our tummies roar. And in our understanding, in our own words: “We are hungry…we are starving!” Yet a quick drive-thru or jaunt to the kitchen curves those hunger pains and we find ourselves satisfied for a few … Continue reading →

Scrolling the smartphone in a small town

Over the past 7 days we’ve been traveling…traveling in places where a wi-fi connection or any kind of connection to the worldwide web is patchy and limited. (Hence the failure of posting this week.) And with this connection failure, a disconnected feeling occurs… What’s happening? … What am I missing? But other great things happen…things we might … Continue reading →

The Turn of a Day

24 hours…the turn of a calendar day. What was far from the mind yesterday becomes a place of prominence today. Loss, illness…changes focus on the everyday to one’s last day… and this day… And what will I do with this day? Memories come spilling back of days spent with the one loved…the one near the … Continue reading →

The Quandary of the Morning

My computer is dying a slow death. I turn it on in the morning and it grinds and groans awake.  Sometimes like me…slowly grinding and groaning, not wanting to move from my comfortable place of slumber. This morning was one of those mornings. There was a chill in the air and all was quiet outside…even … Continue reading →