It was a simple wooden path built over the rough terrain. There was something about it that spoke to me that day, as I walked with my sister-in-law through the bird sanctuary on Dauphin Island. The day was cold and cloudy, but we trudged around looking for birds and other interesting things for me to capture with my camera. Only part of the trail was bridged over to make the path easier to navigate. It stood out starkly from the rest of the natural path, but it certainly made our hike go a little faster and a lot easier than walking across the uneven ground. Rustic beauty…and so I captured the memory through the view of my camera. Paths are mentioned often in Scripture, and…

Today at my church (New Life Assembly in Spanish Fort, Alabama), Pastor Smith preached on new beginnings. Boy, do I need a new beginning! The last few years have been difficult, but even more so over the past four months as family issues have taken hostage my almost every waking thought (and sometimes the not-so-awake ones as well). His verses came from Isaiah 43 and for me, personally, it was very timely. After grabbing a bite to eat for lunch, I settled down to design a calendar for my desk at work. Originally my plan was to include photos of Zoe, but as my thoughts drifted back to the morning’s sermon I decided to do some word art so that–for the entire month of January–I’ll have…

I woke up around 5 AM this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep. My thoughts wandered to the day ahead, knowing that it marks the one-year anniversary of Allan’s homegoing.  I rolled over and tried to make myself return to sleep and in the hour or so I had remaining before my alarm went off I dreamed of my husband. Since his exit from this world, I’ve only had a handful of dreams about him, most of which I didn’t remember after waking. But this morning the dream was very real and when I woke up in tears I was able to remember most of the dream.  I’ll recount part of it here, but only those who know and understand the culture of Teen…