From my Desk to yours

This week I celebrated another birthday, and had a wonderful day with family. It seems as if now more than ever, birthday celebration means so much more to me. You see, I am in my senior years; each time another day goes by, I feel so much more thankful to have made it this far. I am begining to look at life much differently than I did before. A few years ago, I entered a period of depression as I began to experience the passing of so many of my family, and friends. It seemed as if I just could not get myself together, and lacked the motivation to even want to get out of bed. This continued for much longer than I care to remember. My mother always would tell us that time was the best healer of all, and this I found to be true. As time passed, I realized that I still had a lot to look forward to, and as my focus changed, I began to see aging as a new chapter in life, or another leg on this wonderful journey. I came to realize that there was still much to contrib...

It certainly has been a while since I have made an entrance, nevertheless, i am checking in to greet everyone, and at the same time to update my blogs. I am hoping to keep up better with my blogging as time permits, and to re-organize my activities. I find that there seems to be so much to do, and so very little time in which to do it. As so many others like myself, I have overextended my time, and the things that I do. Now, I have come to realize that I need to streamline, and prioritize much of what I do, especially with my time. So now, i am still in the process of eliminating much of those activities that only take up time, but are non-productive in the end. For this reason, I have had to limit my participation in much of the social media activity, as it is so easy to get involved with too many sites, and not be able to keep up. I find that if you are not careful, social media can eat up most if not all of your time. The ministry is first and foremost in my life, and...