by Doris Swift | Mar 24, 2016 | baking, Encouragement for Women, family, gifts, new self, sufficient
I’m a faker-baker. You too? I buy cake mixes in colorful packages, add oil, eggs, and poof, oven-ready batter. Cookies? Same thing. I’m usually buying what the dough-boy is selling. I used to feel inadequate for my lack of skills in the from-scratch...
by Doris Swift | Jan 1, 2016 | community, Friends, gather, new year
What would you do if you saw a live wire down? A few months ago, a semi truck drove through our neighborhood. Staying on the straight path would have been fine, but the driver turned onto a side-street, snagging the power lines. Live wires down. A tangled mess of...
by Doris Swift | Dec 9, 2015 | Bible Study, Encouragement for Women
Are we scripture skippers? We love our go-to verses, don’t we? Yet at times it reminds me of skipping rocks. Have you ever done that? I’m not good at it, but I’ve seen some good rock skippers. If you hold your wrist just right, and flick your wrist...
by Doris Swift | Nov 19, 2015 | Encouragement for Women, living, plans, real life
How are you today? No really, how are you? Daily demands we women face can be a bit overwhelming, ok, a lot overwhelming. Cheerful givers we are, but sometimes the cheerful is a stretch. We’re pulled in different directions, like rubberband girls, as we balance...
by Doris Swift | Nov 15, 2015 | Encouragement for Women, resolve
Do you know someone in a downward spiral? You may feel like giving up. You may feel like you’ve recited so many Bible verses, if they don’t get it by now, oh well. I know how that feels, and truth is, sometimes I don’t get it either. Hello plank in...
