by Doris Swift | Sep 15, 2018 | 2018, dreams, Encouragement for Women
What if your most precious dream, the one you’ve kept locked inside your heart for years, really came true? As a young girl, I dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Actually, I didn’t even know what a ballerina was until my neighbor, Mary Louise, dressed in a...
by Doris Swift | Jan 12, 2018 | 2018/2017, community
Remember those high school pep rallies? An entire gymnasium filled with yelling, screaming, cheering teens, some attending to show school spirit while others were just happy to get out of class early. The pep squad would hop-skip out onto the middle of the floor,...
by Doris Swift | Aug 16, 2014 | christian living, God, grace
Do certain people irk you? I can relate. Let’s call them pet-peeve people. Here’s their modus operandi (Latin for distinct patterns, in this case, of annoyance and ability to exasperate): The “pull right out in front of you” people. The...
by Doris Swift | Jul 18, 2014 | burdens, christian living, encouragement, God, hurt, safety
What’s the first thing a mom says when her child is hurt? “Come here, let Mommy see. We’ll put a nice band-aid on it.” Tears streaming down, they run into our arms; we draw them near. We stop the bleeding, kiss the boo-boo, and bandage the...
by Doris Swift | Jul 9, 2014 | christian living, encouragement, faith, goals, God, lost
Have you ever been on-fire-determined to accomplish a goal, then mid-way through the process, you not only dropped the ball, you couldn’t even find it? Me too. , This drop-the-ball thing for me is exercise. I have an elliptical...
