Tag: Worry

  • Seasons of Life

    Seasons of Life

    Spring was Grandmother’s favorite season. She loved watching the birds, out on the farm, and it was usually in March  when their singing and nesting started. She also treasured taking crisp morning walks along the creekbank, checking for buds on her beloved apricot trees. But Spring was also a feared time of year, because it…

  • From Stewing to Doing

    From Stewing to Doing

    Too worried to pray?

  • Dog Gone It!

    We have a dog in our neighborhood that’s a fence jumper. Every so often, even with the gate shut, he just appears in the backyard. He’s friendly enough, but we worry what might happen if he gets in when our two little dogs are out. We thought we had the problem solved. Our super-athletic trespasser…

  • The Delightful Danger of Distraction

    The Delightful Danger of Distraction

    When I was a boy, I spent two weeks every summer on my grandparents southwest Oklahoma farm. It was 160 acres of cotton fields, mesquite trees and sand. There was also a large garden, a tree house and a coop full of chickens. A favorite night time activity of my cousins and mine was to…