Helen Roseveare, a missionary doctor from England to Zaire Africa, told this as it happened to her in Africa. “One night I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a crying two-year-old daughter. [...]
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by Shari Weigerstorfer My grandmother just dropped off her dog. Accompanying the hound is a suitcase of paraphernalia: leash, bed, bowls, chew bones, glitter balls, gourmet foods, doggie biscuits and an “instruction manual.” The latter is a long, drawn-out, detailed guide to the “care and feeding” of Missy, who will be staying with me for [...]
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For those who are fortunate enough to still be blessed by having your Mom with you, this is beautiful… For those who aren’t… it is even more beautiful. It takes my breath! The young mother set her foot on the path of life. “Is this the long way?” she asked. And the guide said “Yes, [...]
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The telephone pole that captures my attention nursed no life-long ambition to telecommunications greatness. It was once a Douglas fir towering nearly 80 feet above the forest floor. Its trunk sways gently as the winds pass over its mountainside. Its great arms, clothed with successive layers of green foliage, shade the understory plants. Yet one [...]
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There was grandfather, his little grandson often came in the evenings to sit at his knee and ask the many questions that children ask. One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face. Grandfather said, “Come, sit, tell me what has happened today.” The child sat and leaned [...]
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