Hope Finds Gratitude
How can we reach deeper than the usual “thank you’s?” What does a heart of gratitude really feel like?
How can we reach deeper than the usual “thank you’s?” What does a heart of gratitude really feel like?
Hope reaffirms my core value that without Jesus I am lost. And where he is not welcome, I cannot go.
Especially at Christmas, caregivers and families feel the sting of Alzheimer’s and dementia. We hang ornaments and remember past Decembers when our loved ones decorated the tree, sang Christmas carols and laughed while opening presents. Smells from the kitchen spike memories of Christmas cookies, cinnamon and nutmeg, that special family recipe for peppernuts. Yet now …
Throughout the years, I have received many beautiful Christmas cards. So…what to do with them after Christmas? Just pitch them while cleaning up all the decorations and torn wrappings? No way. Sometimes I frame cards. One framed card hangs in my office – a reminder to stay in JOY all through the year. But my …