by bethwestcott | May 31, 2023 | creating pottery, Devotional, Faith, Inspiration, learning and life, Meadow Song
“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.” Isaiah 64:8 NKJV I’m an author, not a potter, but I’ve watched a potter at work, and I’ve admired the finished creations. I have a faint memory of...
by bethwestcott | May 15, 2023 | Family, Inspiration, learning and life, Thoughts
My mother told me that she wanted to go to college and study biology. However, at the time she graduated from high school, most women did not attend college. They got married and raised a family, which she did. (She was married to my dad for 47 years, until his death,...
by bethwestcott | Feb 7, 2023 | learning and life, milestones, significant life events
MILESTONES Have you ever played Mille Bornes? In this card game, the players are on a road trip. The first to reach exactly 1,000 miles is the winner of that hand, and the first to get exactly 5,000 miles wins the game. Of course, there are hazards along the...
by bethwestcott | Jan 24, 2023 | Faithfulness, Inspiration, learning and life, resolution or word, the writing life
A Word for the Year Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, which usually fall by the wayside within a few days or weeks of the beginning of the new year, many of my friends chose a word for the year. I’ve done that several times, choosing words which I wanted to...
by bethwestcott | Jan 9, 2023 | Devotional, learning and life, spiritual fruit, Thoughts
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two icons of childhood for several generations—are you a fan? The cute and clever mice in Beatrix Potter’s children’s story The Tailor of Gloucester: you can’t help but admire the way they show the tailor their...
by bethwestcott | Nov 28, 2022 | book characters, Choices;, Devotional, friends, Humility, Inspiration, learning and life, reconciliation
Regret, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” is a line from Eric Segal’s novel Love Story and subsequent 1970 film version. I don’t agree. A loving relationship means an apology for an offense is essential to maintain that...
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