By this time in March, we shouldn’t have any more snow to deal with – we hope.  And since I’m writing these devotionals a month in advance, I can only guess that when we look outside today and dress for church, it feels like spring and no winter coats are needed.  So, without any worries… Read More »

Kids these days!  You can’t understand a thing they are saying!  Why can’t they just talk normal and, while they’re at it, why can’t they give their kids good old fashioned NORMAL names?  Have you ever caught yourself voicing those sentiments?  Well, sit back and let me tell you the tale of a group of… Read More »

It was a different world in 1947.  Communists and the Cold War were the greatest threats.  Even though the Americans and Russians fought against the Germans in WWII, America still had a distrust for Russia because of their dictatorial leader, Joseph Stalin, and their communistic ideology. Rumors had been swirling that the “commies” had infiltrated… Read More »

Someone has wisely said that memories are the treasures that you never want to lose. Sadly, many Americans lose those treasures.  “About 1 in 9 people (10.8%) age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia.  The percentage of people with Alzheimer’s dementia increases with age: 5.0% of people age 65 to 74, 13.1% of people age… Read More »

Do you know what yesterday was?  I’m sure you do because we have longed for it all winter.  Yesterday was the first day of spring! There is something exhilarating about this time of year.  There are the springtime smells of fresh dirt as gardens and fields are prepared for planting.  The spring air will soon… Read More »

When you read the word Nevada, what’s the first thing that pops into your mind?  Is it … Hover Dam? – “Constructed during the Great Depression, not only does the dam protect Southern California and Arizona from devastating floods but it also irrigates over 1.5 million acres of land, supplies water to over 16 million… Read More »

History is full of names like Jesús Corona, Alfred Vanderbilt, and Todd Beamer.  And, on this National Ultimate Sacrifice Day, we want to take a moment to remember some of their acts of heroism that resulted in the lives of others being saved at the expense of their own. Jesús Garcia Corona worked for the… Read More »

Life isn’t stagnant, that’s for sure.  Things are constantly changing and in flux all around us.  Sometimes, the changes are nearly imperceptible.  Other times, they happen in the blink of an eye. In the 1930s, you could pay for a tank of gas from the spare change in your pocket.  A gallon of gasoline was… Read More »

The culture in which we live leads us to believe that certain things have gone by the wayside.  Very few know how to make their own clothes, much less sew on a simple button.  And does anyone darn socks anymore or does the holey footwear just get tossed in the garbage?  Every year, more and… Read More »

Today is National Shoe The World Day.  The day began in 2014 in recognition of the estimated 300 million people globally who are considered impoverished and cannot afford a pair of shoes. Here in America, there is an infatuation with shoes.  It is suggested that the average woman owns 20 pairs of shoes but only… Read More »