Happy Birthdays Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Happy Birthdays   I remember birthday parties when my guests wore pigtails and the fun involved forming a ring by holding hands with all the children and circling while singing the song, ‘Ring around the Rosie’, or ‘Oats Peas, Beans, and Barley’ grow. Does anyone besides me

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement His Love   You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Matt 22:37. Sounds simple? Hold it. All my heart means I love my God with every facet of my love. It doesn’t mean I can’t

  Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement When Our Props are Pulled   Sometimes life takes a turn that makes us feel like the props have been pulled out from under our lives. The promotion goes to someone else. A call from the school principal is upsetting.  The diagnosis is alarming.  A loved one withdraws

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Hope   “Hope springs eternal in the Human breast.” An eighteenth-century English Poet, Alexander Pope, first penned this expression. Hope is wonderful. Romans 15:13 says “…the God of hope fills us with joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope….” Hope is a precious commodity for

Mary’s Monday Musing to Quilt Encouragement Warmth The internet is full of charming scenes that warm our hearts and even bring a tear to the eye. In just a few minutes, I watched the scenes of soldiers returning to surprise wives and children, charming puppies waiting for owners to say grace before they dive into

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Stability   Only two things are guaranteed: Death and Taxes. So, goes the centuries old maxim. The purpose of the saying is to help us recognize that change is inevitable in our lives and in those around us. Recognizing the inevitability of change doesn’t necessarily remove the degree of

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Fellowship of Generations   This picture shows Grandma and Grandson sharing the delight of making music. They enjoyed the pleasure of sharing tips, and experienced the joy which results from seeing an interest pass on from one generation to another. Such moments warm the heart and are worthy of

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement A Thread   There it hung. One single leaf suspended over our outdoor steps. At first glance, the leaf had no visible means of support. But as it moved in the gentle breeze, I looked up and saw a solitary spider’s thread spun all the way to the roof

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Think before Following The mother duck waddled around the edges of the zoo’s outdoor food court. Her baby followed faithfully after her. Here and there Mama stopped to pick up a crumb, and her duckling mimicked her. Together they skirted the pavilion before she led her fluffy charge back

Mary’s Monday Musings to Quilt Encouragement Trains, Trains and More Trains   One after another the long trains came through Winslow, Arizona, a small town for so much traffic. Minute after minute they came. Some going West and some East. The area had five parallel tracks to accommodate the traffic. One only had to wait