It’s International Women’s Day – I don’t know the origins of the day or what it’s entirely about, but I know a lot of women worth celebrating. “A woman of noble character, who can find? She is more precious than I can describe.” She is a craftsman and an artist, making the world a more beautiful…
A Simple Man and a Timeless Truth I’ll never forget the day Grandpa taught me how to use the drill press. I was a girl of about 11 spending a warm summer day at Grandma & Grandpa’s, just down the road on our family farm. Grandpa was doing some carpentry in the garage when he…
God’s Spirit: It has long been clear to me that mankind is so much more than the world might have us believe. We are created with a spirit that images God (Genesis 1:26), and in fact, if we follow Jesus Christ we have His Spirit living within us (2 Timothy 1:14). This fact is never…
Tonight I am writing a salute to a lady I met recently though my work. Phyllis (not her real name) is in her eighties and confused at times. However, as is often the case, she is not confused about the Scriptures. I have seen this time and again. Whether people with dementia, or the mentally disabled, or the…
The poem at the bottom is one I originally posted in March 2012 in Fruitfulsteps. It was given to me by a little old lady I met through my work. I loved her attitude, and I’d love to share the poem with you! It seems almost every day in the clinic someone recites to me…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps 1-29-14 The last thing I wanted to do today was to leave my warm house and my four daughters and go out into this bitter cold. I was dragging my feet extra heavily because I knew that in the middle of the day I had to evaluate a new client in an…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps: My time working as a therapist in home health has given me new insight into people. Being with them in their home and their chosen surroundings tells me more about them than the clinic ever could. 11.12.13. What a beautiful, crisp, fall day! I got to hear the frosty leaves cracking off their…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps 10.17.13. I went on a home health visit today. The home smelled just like my Grandma Goss’ used to. Not good or bad, just Grandma. There I met the cutest little 94 year old man who said, “Call me Christmas!” Then he offered me half a boiled egg white (he had eaten…
Nowhere to sleep-taken from my Facebook post 8-11-15 After 25 years in physical therapy, today I saw another first. I met a man in an assisted living facility who had moved into his one bedroom apartment without a bed. Instead, he filled his entire bedroom with books! I couldn’t help but think of 3 of…