Musings from the Midwest

My mother, Mary Louise Henderson, was born April 7, 1914 in Hot Springs, South Dakota. She was the 2nd of four...

In 1992, I moved to Jerusalem to work with a Messianic Rabbi and his family. I had been working for them for about 4...

I looked at the time again as I sat on the couch, playing my game on my phone. It was 2:00 AM! I had to be up at 5:00...

It was a normal Monday evening in December. the week before Christmas. I was getting ready for bed, when I had this...

It was a Friday night in March of 1996. I was curious about this new thing called the internet and all it had to...

We were driving home from a doctor's appointment a while back and saw the license plate in front of us that said...

The weeks have worn on and I am still in therapy for my broken shoulder. I thought it would be over by now and my arm...

On a Friday evening last April, I stood up from my sofa to walk into another room. As I did, I caught my foot on a piece of furniture, and was catapulted into the air, falling and landing hard on my left shoulder. I knew as soon as it happened that it was a bad injury. At first, I could not sit up and I could not move my arm. I had to hold it close to my body with my other hand. The pain was intense.

I volunteer with a non-profit organization that assists men and women coming out of prison, who are trying to rebuild...

A few months ago the pastor of the church we are attending passed out a card to everyone attending. The card said,...

I remember the first time I saw Putter Cat. She was at the Humane Society all alone in a cage. I noticed she was a...

For about the past two months, I have been suffering with hives and an itchy rash on my body. I have had allergies to...

In late October we ate the last tomatoes of summer…those final pieces of fruit that ripened just before the weather...

We have four cats, and a huge fenced back yard where they can go out and roam around. We don’t let them roam free in...

My husband, Ken, planted a large sunflower garden in our backyard. There are several different varieties, Russian...

I have a coffee cup that says "Crazy Cat Lady" on one side and "One Cat Leads to Another" on the other side. Six years...

As I was standing at the information booth at church on Resurrection Sunday, a young teenager (I believe she is 15)...

I work for a very large company in the Midwest. Every Valentine's Day there are several tables at the Security...

Lately, perhaps the past few months even, God has been asking me this question, “Where is your focus?” I have pondered...

Have you ever visited someone and left with your clothes covered in pet hair? I have and I was convinced I did not...

My husband and I spent the better part of today working in our back yard. My husband was planting flowers, laying down...

Dandylynes - that's how my husband pronounces dandelions. This spring there were hundreds and hundreds of them in our...