Beautiful Things that Mystery taught us.
A few weeks ago one of my facebook friends posted a link onto my wall of a family who have just begun the journey that we started four years ago. They had a little girl with Down Syndrome. They wrote their story here http://gungormusic.com/2014/05/lucette/ The author is singer/song writer Michael Gungor. As I read their […]
WYSIWYG-What you see is What you get.-Debbie Desmond.
A couple of weeks back I was given an opportunity to reflect on and appreciate the friends and church family that I am blessed to have. I was with my family at a hotel for a couple of days fairly recently and of course we had Mystery with us. It is often interesting to see […]
God is Faithful to ALL his promises
Winter is here in Redding. As we came in to land yesterday we could see that some of the mountains that surround Redding had put on new white coats to protect themselves from the cold winds swirling around them, others sported a thin white lace negligee as, like many before them, they traded warmth for […]
A Year of Mystery.
There is a glass of wine sitting on the table in front of me, it is sweet, red and slightly smokey on the palate. It is not the kind of wine I usually drink, I usually prefer a dryer wine however this wine was gift for my birthday and over the last few days I […]
Awakening to Mystery.
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” 5:30 a.m. There is a new day dawning. From where I sit at my desk I am watching […]
Debbie’s Mystery
We got Mystery’s DNA test back last week and I (Debbie) was not 100% surprised that things got shook up inside of me all over again. Are you wondering why it is, “Debbie”. Do you think I have gate crashed my husband’s blog site? No. Actually he invited me as a “guest writer”. Some people […]
Tomorrow is a Mystery
I was already running late for my staff meeting this week when I found myself looking into the honey eyes of my eldest daughter (12), watching them filling with tears. She looked at me and with a tremble in her voice she confessed, “ I am afraid of growing up” When asked why she said; […]
Treasure at the End of Rainbows.
There are those who believe that if you follow a rainbow you will discover treasure hidden at it’s end. Until very recently I thought that was an old wives’ tale however after almost twenty years of following rainbows I have actually found treasure! It was an awesome journey. Although this treasure hunt began in earnest about […]
Dealing with tough Questions
Some questions are like bullies. I hate bullies. Growing up at boarding school not only did I have to deal with a lot of bullies, there was even a time in my life when, I admit to my shame, that I became one. When we create systems which pander to bullies, bullies are created and often if […]
Encouragement from others who walk this Road.
One of the things that has got us through the week is the wonderful support and love from friends, family and even strangers from around the world. Messages of encouragement in smses, on Facebook, on this blog, via phone calls and emails made me realise how connected our world really is. People have been reading the blog all […]