Tennis season has started again. Watching the beginning of the tournaments for the year, just even in the first round, it is very stressful. So many good players competing for the top spot. Trying to win a game, a set and the match. Then into the next round and it starts all over again. To win is the ultimate. Some of the people I barrack for are winning, some not. As I am watching I notice sometimes I’m getting a little anxious, my heart rate goes up and down, I’m on the edge of my seat….. I don’t know how the players stay calm and don’t get too anxious, because…

As I cleansed my skin before going to bed I glanced in the mirror to see how the skin texture was. I had been trying to eat healthier, wear sunscreen and nourish my face more with moisturizer. You cannot stop the ageing process, but you can nourish the skin from the base up as much as possible. As I looked at myself, I was reminded of my sixteen-year-old grand-daughter’s remarks today. It made me chuckle out loud…. Charlotte was asked to clean the ottoman couch with a lint roller. Her Mum walked in to find her “lint-rolling” the cat……. She said she may as well go straight to the source!…

New Beginnings. A New Start for all of us in 2026. Well, that’s my mindset, what’s yours in regard to a New Year? I’ve been enthusiastic to clean up around the house (and not only because we had more visitors over during the Christmas/ Holiday Season.) I’ve been cleaning out my wardrobe. Getting rid of the high heels that I can no longer wear. The clothes that no longer fit or I have not worn in such a long time and don’t see myself wearing them in the foreseeable future. Both items, the shoes and clothes, are first offered to family members who are the same size. Then those left…

Today is not a good day for me. My asthma is playing up, and I feel I am coming down with a cold. Aching in the body, phlegm in the chest, head pounding. With the way I physically feel, there is no dinner being cooked tonight by me. I’m having a hot shower, taking some pain relief and crawling into bed. Oh, how good is our God – all of the time! I was reminded today – that God is good and reliable. How good is it that our God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 NRSV…

Different races, different cultures, different countries all coming together for one purpose. The focus is to reach out to those in need. The needs are varied. Some mental, many physical and even more emotionally need help. Most of this help did not need financial means but time in, a time of sharing and caring. What can we really do? Not much in the big scheme of things but little things soon add up. Like the story of the boy on the shore throwing back into the water the starfish one at a time that had been washed up stranded on the beach. His effort was not much but more than…