Somewhere Along the Way

Be sure you treasure them–those actual letters hand-written on paper by a loved one–because getting letters the old-fashioned way in a metal mailbox is getting to be a thing of the past. We’ve lost the appreciation of hand-written greetings somewhere along the way. I used to get personal mail delivered by our mail carrrier–lovely birthday […]

The Author in the Oval Office

The Author in the Oval Office

The first oval office for the first President of the United States was an oval tent at Valley Forge. Here, George Washington planned strategies for the eventual success of the Revolutionary War. He began writing long before this time, one of the first examples being a journal he kept when he was sixteen. Later accounts […]

Thoughtfulness on Paper

Thoughtfulness on Paper

Yesterday, I got a packet in the mail from the young people at our church’s school. I get one every year about this time, just before Valentine’s Day. It never fails to cheer me. Inside the brown envelope are small, hand-made Valentines. The children have written small notes of encouragement, and they include Bible verses. […]