2010 was a master year of cooking for me until the last stretch when I faced a culinary meltdown. We discovered our oven wasn’t working one night when we had company over for dinner. Our pizza came out of the oven burned on the top and undercooked on the bottom. But, that was not the [...]
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I Am Second
Many people have asked me to share the story of how my faith in God helped me face breast cancer as a young woman 30 years ago. That faith has become the sustaining strength of my life. Over the years, when something bad happened to me, instead of dwelling on it, I have always tried [...]
When You Are Too Busy to Grieve
Many of you may be trying to handle grief over the loss of one you love. Trying to live life while grieving doesn’t even sound natural, but it can be done. While this may be a difficult time for you, take comfort in knowing that others have gone down your path before. Two years ago, [...]
This is Not a Scene From “The Godfather”
Neal and I arrived home at 6:00 a.m., exhausted by the almost eight-hour flight from Hawaii, where we had gone to celebrate our wedding anniversary. The outside darkness wrapped around our house with a comforting welcome as we stepped through the front doorway into our living room, unaware of what awaited us. We didn’t bother [...]