We’re on vacation and thoroughly enjoying ourselves in Georgia and Florida.   We were able to visit the Georgia Aquarium, and oh, I can’t wait to show you the pics!   I was skeptical about what I might—or might not—see for the exorbitant price, but it was worth every penny.     This week’s “I Am” meditation required […]

First of all, we decided to avail ourselves to the in-room Jacuzzi the hotel offered last night.   As we got ready to drain the tub and turn off the Jacuzzi, guess what?   No off button.   As it turns out, the maintenance man, the hotel night manager nor the district manager knew how to turn it […]

This week’s focus was on seeing ourselves as beautiful—the way God sees us.    These were the questions to be answered: What is your initial response when anyone suggests you are beautiful? Do you find you engage in a lot of negative ‘self-talk’? How much of your thought life does this form of thinking consume? Has […]

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I had the sweetest dream about a large group of us connecting for a party at a fellow blogger’s home.    Apparently we had grown weary of sharing recipes, encouraging each other, and being Cyberspace buddies and decided to do all of that and more face-to-face.   The funny thing was that we couldn’t remember each other’s […]

I am in the midst of preparing for Bible Study with a new class on tomorrow.   I posted some time ago about the fits and starts we’ve had with the young adult class.   At least temporarily, our previous class was “closed” and we’ve been moved to work with a younger group of teenagers.    The proposed […]

I’m in the process of changing the blog’s appearance.   After a year, I’ve grown weary of the coffee cup, and I fancy myself more savvy with blog templates now than before.    I’m going to see if I can maintain the "With a Taste of Chocolate" theme, yet make the template more me, so to speak.  […]

Whew!   Where did last week go?   The kids danced in their recital this past weekend, and with practices, dress rehearsals, etc., I think when I looked up it was Monday.   On top of it all, the youngest managed to catch some strain of runny nose/cough/sore throat last week while we were out of town, and […]

Like many of you, we celebrated our last “official” day of school on this past Friday.  In the summer, our kids continue math and reading, but we shut down the other more formal work and take advantage of local class offerings and travel time with Dad.   One thing is for sure: there is rarely a […]

 I was tagged by Pumpkin’s Momma, and had some revelations about myself while putting this together which I’ll share when I have more time.   Also, I’m still thinking about who to tag.   Anyway, here goes:   7 of my Favorite Books (I hope I’m allowed 8, since I was short on the devotionals): The Bible The Gospel of Good […]

These have been busy days as we wind down, but all labors of love.   I’m enjoying sleeping in a bit before we get started in the mornings as we wrap up various courses, and so don’t have as much to do in a day.   Of course, we’ve set the stage for it with some late nights as the kids […]

Recently I heard a great thought regarding the mark of a good book: ask a reader of good literature not what he or she is reading, but what he or she is re-reading.   When I was a kid, I would save my allowance money to buy Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series.   This series was without doubt my childhood favorite.   […]