It’s been three years since Leos left this world but Christmastime and the one we spent with him lingers in my heart as one of the best Christmas gifts I’ve received. It had been one of the coldest winters in Czechia when we met Leos and his two…
(To read the first part, click here.) I was only 14 years old when the police came and arrested me and my friend. He was much older and I’d learned to steal cars, motors, transmissions, and anything we wanted — until we got caught. The judge sentenced me to a…
A guest post with my beloved — Jimmie Bennett I remember the blood on the guard’s hands as they dragged me off to a small cell and locked me up for 26 days. It had been my fifth fight and the third time being locked up in solitary confinement at…
This post contains affiliate links. Thank you in advance for your support. I’ve always known that giving thanks was a good thing — what I didn’t know — was that expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father opens doors for the miraculous and the abundant life Jesus promised. A few years…
When my children were small, I opened a small English preschool for Czech families. My oldest was barely three and the baby was just 9 months old. Looking back at this time, I can see that I really pushed myself. One of the families who came to our school had…
Our Czech Christian school is around the block from the agency that gives out free needles to heroine addicts. Most of them look young — so full of potential but so enslaved and beaten by the iron clasps of addiction. After a while you begin to recognize the faces — the regulars…
Day 31 — {FMF} — close It’s the last day of the month and the close of this writing challenge and in all I’ve written 27 posts. I’m thankful and rejoicing a bit today. 🙂 Had I not done the challenge I might have written one post or maybe nothing…
Day 30 — (FMF) — voice They say trauma steals your voice and leaves you feeling powerless and I’d have to agree. Over the past few years, I’ve watched a dear loved one suffer the after effects of trauma or what is called PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and unknowingly…
Day 29 — (FMF) — together “These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” Hebrews 11: 39,40 It’s day 29 of the Five…
Day 27 — {FMF} — Whole God sees the whole picture not only of my life but history. He is the beginning and the end. Sometimes, when pain, trials and difficulties enter my life, it’s hard to see beyond the muck and mire of living in a sin-filled world. During…
