Her Father's Homestead

Tag: joy

  • IT’S OVER!!

    Yep, my friends, another Christmas is history, ready to be packed away until next year. Is that how you really feel? Dare I say, “Not me”? In my world, now is the time to keep that Christmas spirit front-and-center, with the light of Jesus still shining in all its beauty and glory. It’s inside of…

  • A Conversation With Kat Revisited

      The original Conversation with Kat took place years ago. It was a birthday conversation and very meaningful for both of us. Today there was another one. Yes, we’ve spoken many times since that original conversation, but today’s conversation was impactful, and served as the genesis of this post. This time Kat called me, and…

  • SETBACK

         We’ve all had them, right? Just when things seem to be rolling along, something happens to bring an abrupt halt, maybe even backward motion. That is the subject for today, a personal setback and how I’m dealing with it. Hopefully, there will be some insight for ya’ll.      A number of years…

  • Honoring a Special Woman!

    Honoring a Special Woman!

         It’s been a few years since I wrote the first post celebrating an important woman in my life – my very special Auntie Arlene Buelow. I’ve updated the post over the years, noting birthdays and special occasions as they occurred. Today marks the third birthday without her physical presence in my world; she…

  • Happy 65th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

           Regular readers know I celebrate special days. A week ago today, June 5, 2019, the special day was for my mom, Carola’s, 88th birthday. Today features both my parents as they celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.      One week after Carola’s 23rd birthday, she and my dad, Leonard, a not-yet-ordained minister,…

  • BUNNIES WITH NO HEADS: A tale of hope and encouragement

                Despite the unusual title, I promise this post will give you hope and encouragement 🙂 As is often mentioned in these pages, I’m a traditionalist. I believe tradition is the glue that binds us together. Today I’ll tell a quick story about a mother who used to buy solid…

  • CELEBRATING LIFE THIRTEEN YEARS LATER!

         Yes, indeed, I am one fortunate woman, sharing my story and my joy with y’all. Thirteen years ago, Easter Sunday was April 16. Visiting daughters tricked me (they lied, actually) into my truck and drove to the small local hospital. After a CT scan, the emergency room doctor delivered the findings, prefaced with…

  • ch-ch-ch-Changes

    Back in 2009, I wrote a post with this same title, borrowing from David Bowie’s classic song. This post will be different, because in 2019, a decade later, the changes are different. How do you handle change? Do you embrace it, roll with it, try to avoid it, perhaps ignore it? There are myriad ways…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIN LEE 2018!!

        Today we celebrate Erin Lee, my elder daughter, born 34 years ago, just shy of midnight, changing my world forever. I knew she was going to be Erin Lee, no ultrasound needed. When I told my obstetrician that I was embroidering her Christmas stocking and already had her name across the top, he reminded…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGHAN LEE!! 2018

              G’mornin’ Friends. I wrote the original Happy Birthday post in 2011. Seven years later, it is definitely time for an update. Today, I am most happy to share my younger daughter, Meghan Lee Smith, with ya’ll.             Thirty-three years ago, this evening, I met Meghan…