“Happy New Year!” I’ve heard it from many friends and family members, but almost all add,”Hope next year’s better, good riddance to 2020,” or a similar sentiment. No doubt that it has been a difficult year and for many–a terrible year of sickness and loss. I began to think about what I would like toContinue reading “New Year’s Focus”
Author Archives: Connie L Cousins
Tangled, Broken, and Retied
As I examined at knitted scarf I’ve been making this week, I tucked in a couple of stray pieces of yarn. I had run out of yarn in one skein and had begun to work from a new one at one place. I could see where I attached the new yarn and wove in theContinue reading “Tangled, Broken, and Retied”
Childhood Christmases
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale A neighbor shared some oranges with me today and that was all it took to send my mind back over seventy years to my childhood. My bus driver would give each of us an orange andContinue reading “Childhood Christmases”
Preparing for Christmas
Advent means “Coming” in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas. “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes…and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be openedContinue reading “Preparing for Christmas”
Sleep In Saturday
“In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” (Psalm 4:8) For years, my heartfelt wish was for a sleep-in Saturday. But with my husband and I on different schedules and raising four children–it just wasn’t in the cards. I slept well if sometimes gettingContinue reading “Sleep In Saturday”
How to Carry On
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6) It seems each day we’ve more to fear, A pandemic and an election year. Sick of masking, washing, and being apart, We want toContinue reading “How to Carry On”
SINS
Four little letters, but a chilling word, a convicting word. In the book The Shack William Paul Young said, “Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside.” Recently I pulled out some decorative items to brighten up my apartment and give it an air of Autumn with its lovely hues in red, orange,Continue reading “SINS”
“Kinda” in my own way…
I was intrigued by the prompt using the word “kind,” that morphed into “kinda”. Lately it seems like kindness and compassion have been eliminated by technology and the world’s business. Although my picture is both square and uses “kinda”, my thoughts kept going back to KIND. My picture title came because as I checked autumn’sContinue reading ““Kinda” in my own way…”
For six word Saturday
autumn slips in on its timeline.
Wandering into Wonder
I try to open my eyes and see with the searching eyes of a child, When I go strolling along the road, or even into the wild. Sometimes I return from my walk, refreshed but empty-handed. Other times the treasures appear, as if they were commanded. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seekingContinue reading “Wandering into Wonder”
