Miracles

Ten little fingers and ten little toes. The tiniest little bundle that fills your heart to overflowing with love. Nothing could be more perfect. But this is not your own child, this is your grandchild! Your reward for living through your own child’s broken bones and scraped knees. The teen years of broken hearts and…

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A Life’s Lesson

I learned many important life lessons as a young wife married to a soldier. There is one that I keep in my heart today. It’s hard being a military man’s wife, having to start over again and again is the hardest part. Trying to make a new place a home isn’t always easy. But one…

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Generations in the Garden

I looked out the back door and into my garden. On the bench under the fragrant pine trees, my young granddaughter sits. For a moment, time seemed to stand still, all sound ceases, and my eyes felt riveted to her beautiful blue eyes. In that moment, it felt as if she was seeing my garden,…

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A Gift

Walking the garden paths of the Boerner Gardens, near Milwaukee, will always be one of my fondest memories.  At the time, I didn’t realize that soon the events that followed would forever change the way I would think of life.  I was about to receive a wonderful gift.  I remember passing through the wonderful smells…

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