by Norma Thatcher | May 17, 2016 | Prayers
Prayer of God’s Greatness Scripture: To declare Your loving kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night… (Psalm 92:2) The most important way to start our day is to set our heart on God and embrace His greatness and goodness. He is everything...
by Norma Thatcher | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
The topic of gratefulness is one that is being talked about more than ever. Many studies have demonstrated the impact that the gratitude attitude has on our happiness. (Note: gratefulness and gratitude are synonyms, so I use them interchangeably in this post.) One of...
by Norma Thatcher | May 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
In her book Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert encourages us to be receptive to the thoughts and ideas that present themselves to us. Otherwise, they may eventually move on to someone else who is willing to create something from them. That suggestion resonates with me. I...
by Norma Thatcher | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
It seems as if I didn’t really know my parents. Much of their backstory, as I know it, comes from my sisters or my aunts. I suppose I could use being the youngest of six, and the fact that there were six years between a sister and me, as the excuse for not knowing my...
by Norma Thatcher | May 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Since it’s Mother’s Day weekend, I am posting a slightly revised version of a story I wrote in 1988 when my daughter Laura was five. (Sorry about letting the world know your age, Laura.) At that time, the process of widening a highway was taking down many old trees....
