Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement The Magic of Touch We had already shared several delightful telephone conversations full of laughter and love. We exchanged Christmas cards. We laughed together. We used our words on the phone to convey love and sympathy when situations were charged with sadness. But there is nothing as special as

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement On Top of the Clouds Our Airplane revved up the engines and roared off the runway. Bouncing and tipping some, the plane bored through the cloud cover that hovered over the area around the airport. In a short time, our plane leveled off above the clouds, and the puffy,

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Majestic Eagles The nests were high at the top of the trees. We needed to crane our necks to see the white ball of an eagle head, regal as it stood atop the large nest. Eagles thrive in our northern most state of Alaska.  It’s fun to realize how

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement The Treasure of Health A healthy body that functions well! What a marvelous, wondrous blessing! Isn’t that a most glorious blessing way beyond such often coveted blessings of wealth, experiences, power or human accomplishment? Think of the number of systems in our body that function every day. Consider the

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Appetite Blessings I’m How many things do we take for granted in our everyday lives instead of appreciating them as a blessing from God? A recent bout with sickness gave me a renewed appreciation for the blessing of an appetite. We may remember to thank God for our food,

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Christmas So many blessings of Christmas surround us during this Christmas season. Beautiful lights decorate homes and businesses. In stores, libraries and schools, we are treated with lovely Christmas trees sparkling with ornaments in numerous styles. Our mail boxes are filled with welcomed cards and letters from much loved

Mary’s Monday Musing to Quilt Encouragement Chipmunks The snow-covered mountains towered over us. Trees with immense girth scraped the clouds while streams grey with glacier sediment rushed past us, yet the tourist’s cameras were trained on a little chipmunk munching on a nut. Chipmunks are delightful little animals with a pretty chestnut colored fur coat

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Rock, Paper, Scissors Another train came alongside us on a second track. Our speeds were the same which allowed one of the cars to proceed slowly next to ours.  We waved and enjoyed seeing each other as our two cars slowly moved down the train track side by side.

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement A Running Grizzly The grizzly bear had grown from her cub days when we first saw her. Now, a full-grown female, she could run with great speed and shake the ground as her great paws pounded the ground. We lined the fence of her enclosure to watch when she

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement A Running Grizzly The grizzly bear had grown from her cub days when we first saw her. Now, a full-grown female, she could run with great speed and shake the ground as her great paws pounded the ground. We lined the fence of her enclosure to watch when she