Author: Pam R

Sometimes a very special cat enters our lives … their presence changes our hearts forever.  And we can call ourselves blessed for having known them.  (author unknown) ********** Yesterday afternoon, our beautiful Zoey went to her final rest.  She was losing the struggle with end-stage kidney disease and, that morning, when she tried to eat,…

It’s unusual for me to see a Bible promise come true as it is happening. This time, I did. ********** On January 14, my upstairs neighbor had a pipe burst. Water poured down through the ceiling. Figuring the electrical things were compromised, I found an electrician on the Better Business Bureau site. Yep. Everything must…

… On Those Bad Days. I’ve done it before, and I can do it again. I don’t need to solve all my problems in one day. It’s okay to not feel okay. ********** Don’t say, “I’m having a bad day.” Say, “I’m having a character-building day.” Les Brown ********** Pretending I am fine doesn’t make…

As I watch Zoey getting thinner, I whisper a prayer. “I can’t do this, Lord!” A still small voice, “You are doing it.” And I remembered that I’d prayed that prayer before. ********** It was the winter of 2005. My husband was slowly dying of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). I slept in the…

What a wildly wonderful world, God!    You made it all, with Wisdom at your side,    made earth overflow with your wonderful creations.Psalm 104:24 The Message ********** Jenna was just opening her drapes for the day when I heard an exclamation. “What’s going on?” I called. “Come see,” she replied. I went. Jenna and Zoey (the cat) were intent…

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“I’m dragging my feet about making an appointment for Zoey’s blood work,” I told Jenna last week. “Once we have that information, we will have to make the hard decisions.” “I’m ready to make the hard decisions,” she replied. “I’m tired of watching her suffer.” So, I made the appointment for Wednesday, January 24. It…

O Eternal One, You have explored my heart and know exactly who I am;You even know the small details like when I take a seat and when I stand up again.    Even when I am far away, You know what I’m thinking.You observe my wanderings and my sleeping, my waking and my dreaming,    and You know everything I do in more detail than even I…

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”For from him and through him and for him are all things.To him be the glory…