A gray blanket of haze hung over Manila. Although it was only 6:30 a.m., the day would be another hot, humid one--my blouse was already sticking to me. Dreading the trip ahead, I wished I could make the nightmare of the past few days vanish by closing my eyes.Weaving...
Back in 1994 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was devastated. I didn't know how I got it, as it isn't something my family genes have. I was a bodybuilder. I had muscles upon muscles. Needless to say, I went to the hospital and met with a surgeon on 2/21/94, and...
A few years ago I was going through a series of family crisis. Just when I thought I might make it through a nightmare I would be bombarded with something new to deal with as well. To make matters worse, Wendy, my dearest friend and confidant, now lived in another...
It was a cold,drizzly evening as I reluctantly, left my husband at the hospital following his crucial and lengthy cardiac surgery.The rain clouded my vision as I made a wrong right turn, anxious to get home.The more I drove into the dark night, pitch blackness...
Kaye visited her mom and took her for an early supper. “Mom said she wouldn't need her cane as she would not be doing much walking,” Kaye says, “so we left it home.” (She won't make that mistake again!) When they got back to the house, Kaye went around to the...
Mention His precious name, and all the angels fold their wings and bow; With reverence due only to Him, they show how much they truly care. Saying, "Praise to our Lord God, let His mercy, love and grace ring"; Lifting high their mighty voices, His praises they do...
When I was 25, I was on a road trip with an old missionary friend and Baptist minister we called Papa Don Mitchetll. We were on our way back from Tulsa for his son's wedding, and he was taking me home again to Reno. His wife did not want him to travel alone as he had...