Author: Kathy Sheldon Davis
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Why this Old Girl Shouldn’t Worry
Do you remember waking up as a young child with concern for the economy, the future, or your health? Not me! As soon as my eyes popped open, the adventures began. Some things shouldn’t change I move more slowly in the morning now, but when my eyes flutter open I turn my heart to the One…
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Keeping the Joy
My son and his wife and daughter from Florida are here this week, and we’re filling our days with all the touches of love that we can – from siblings, aunties and uncles, great-grandparents, and more. We’ve played Frisbee on the beach at Florence, popped in to see old friends from church, visited family in Portland, and sat…
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When our Heroes Showed Up
My husband rented a log splitting machine last Saturday hoping we could split our year’s supply of firewood in a day, but we were in over our heads. When I arrived Jerry was pushing against a segment of the tree that didn’t want to budge. It looked like a slice of sausage still attached by the skin, and he had to roll it back…
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Marriage, Knives and Laughter
I was stressed and anxious this past weekend, because instead of one deadline, I had two. And instead of spending Friday meeting those deadlines, my husband was tugging on my heartstrings to spend the day with him at the Oregon Knife Collectors Show. Jerry didn’t know I wanted to spend the day writing. My plan was to pop in at the…
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After Easter – How to Hang On to the Positive
Scrolling through Facebook Sunday afternoon, I ran into a gazillion happy faces of Easter celebrants with their friends and families. Then there are the memes, those artsy pictures with slogans, sayings or verses printed on them, all over social media. I wondered with the elevated emotions during the holiday weekend, how do we hang on to all this positive energy?…
