I close my eyes and my senses remember those days.  I am transported back in time to my parents' living room watching the kind older man tune our piano.  We got the piano around 1981 when my sister began taking lessons.  This piano tuner, Bill I think his name was, and the piano teacher, Mrs. Bourden, … Continue reading Tuned In

Hello, my name is Tammy and I like to talk.  Yes, I feel like I need a support group sometimes.  My mind will be going a mile a minute and my mouth does not want to be left behind.  I feel deeply and feel the need, many times, to express that verbally.This is not necessarily … Continue reading A Fire To Put Out

To complain or not to complain?  Be Suzie Smiles-A-Lot or Rita Reality?  I do not like to complain to others because I have been in the receiving end of that.  Having known others that make complaining their trademark really turns me off of sharing my "issues" with others.  But I also know from experience that forcing … Continue reading To Complain or Not To Complain?

I recently was watching a news story on how current residential smoke alarms do not wake our children to the danger surrounding them.  Companies are researching, testing, and developing smoke alarms that use a parent's recorded voice to wake their children.  "Tammy, this is Dad.  There is a fire.  Get up and get out!"  After … Continue reading My Father’s Voice

"If I look today I will find someone to help." I finished up my devotion for the day and this was the last thought I read.  If I look.  Do I look?  Do I take the time to see who may need my help? It is easy to read that last line in the devotion … Continue reading If I Look

If you are like me there have been numerous times that you have read something and it has really struck a chord with you.  For me most of those times have been a single thought or sentence, nothing elaborate.  But I have read it and been struck by what a strong resonance it has for … Continue reading His Presence In My Present

I am finishing up Beth Moore's wonderful study on the book of Esther. The idea of destiny is a major focal point. So of course that got me to thinking. It is felt by some that to think you have a destiny or that God has a plan for your life is limiting, that it … Continue reading A Destiny That Frees

Happy Valentine's Day! To some this phrase brings instant depression. To some not having a romantic love to enjoy this day with makes it a meaningless day. But I'd like to offer up a different perspective. Growing up my parents made my sister and I feel special on Valentine's with heart shaped boxes filled with … Continue reading My favorite valentine

Do you ever find that you have SO much going on in your head, in your life that a dull cacophony rings loudly? This time of year, being stuck inside so much, lends itself to being stuck inside my head too much.  Days come that I say, "That's it.  I'm cooked.  Done.  I'm not getting … Continue reading Keep Me In Perfect Peace