Our first adventure of the summer is our annual fishing trip. I pack up my children, my younger brother packs up his kids, our Dad packs up the fishing boat, and we all meet at a state park for a week of fishing. Our Labrador Adi was only seven months old when this trip rolled …
“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.” -Psalms 150:6 Today marks the first calendar day of spring. Yet the evidence of spring began to arrive in our neck of the woods several weeks back. The Phoebe bird, who perches on our deck announcing his presence, has returned from his wintering grounds. The robins now …
Meet Adi’s older brother Graham. While Adi is glossy black like their father, Graham has the yellow hues of their mother. He’s a friendly fellow who on more than one occasion has taken on the title of “runaway.” Graham’s decision to wander from his established boundaries is puzzling, as he has so many reasons to …
(One thing five weeks of abiding by stay-at-home orders has taught me is that loneliness has many dimensions. I hadn’t planned on sharing a second lesson this month. Only as I was filing papers into my writing binder, I came across this lesson written last fall. It spoke words I needed to be reminded of …
Jesus declared, "All that the Father gives to Me will come to Me: and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]." – John 6:37, Amplified Meet Izzy. A year-old chocolate Labrador Retriever. Last fall my friend and her husband brought …
Continue reading Just as I am: A Lesson from Izzy, a Labrador Rescue
My shadow now comes in the form of a black Labrador Retriever. The intensity of Adi’s shadowing changes about an hour before her dinner-time. At this point, nothing deters her from following me step for step. Each time I look at her, she gives me a look that says, “Remember me. I need fed.” Regardless …
Lessons from a Lab 