The Heart Matters

Heart to Heart

 

Perhaps we look at other individuals too much based on the exterior and not enough by the heart. 

 

Whatever you may think of Charlie Kirk’s politics, if one judges simply by his heart, his desire was to speak truth and do good. I understand his desire because from the time I began writing and family counseling 40 years ago, I’ve wanted to promote what I called fantastic family life. I’ve encouraged men and women to be faithful to their marriage vows. No, not to endure a bad marriage,  but put the effort into creating a joyful marital relationship. I could see this was best for their children too. And I wanted to connect people with Jesus and encourage them to read the Bible packed with great principles for how to live your best life.

 

 From their lofty pedestals and church platforms pastors can disagree with Charlie Kirk’s methods but who among them had the courage to speak the truth to the young men and women in their church - telling them they should not have sex before marriage? Charlie wanted to save young people from ignorance and poor choices And wasting their lives on things that didn’t matter. Who spoke more boldly about the opportunity to become heaven dwellers for eternity?

 

Like Charlie, I’ve also really wanted to expand the kingdom of heaven also and to bring more joy on earth which, I believe, comes from living and breathing life with Jesus -living with trust - once we’re connected and made Him our Lord, we can receive the Holy Spirit’s guidance through any difficult thing life may bring us.

 

And I’ve endured a lot. One was losing a grandson at age 24 and yet I saw God work in amazing ways through his death to bring incredible good to the world. I actually think Drew might even have chosen sacrificial death to create saving so many lives through the Fentanyl Fathers non-profit organization his father and brother created to educate young people about the danger of drugs. 

 

These past three years of living only with God the father Jesus and the Holy Spirit enabled me to survive what seemed impossible. Life has been very difficult. I still miss my husband whose DNA had become so mixed with mine that every day it now seems a huge chunk of my heart is missing .

 

Hearts matter, and if we all looked on people’s hearts, it would be much easier to be kind to people we disagree with about political preferences. 

 

Charllie Kirk opposed the trans lifestyle because he knows it’s a denial of the will of our Creator. Isn’t it a supreme active of defiance to object to the sex given you by God? Young  people need old ones like us to point out when their choices are ridiculous or dangerous to their well-being. It’s not tolerance but stupidity to think trans is acceptable to the will of God for an individual.

 

One of the many things I’m grateful for about Charlie Kirk is that he modeled for young people the value of personal learning,. Taking charge of your education – add more history, philosophy, faith - not just doing what’s required by classes you’re taking. Decide for yourself what’s worth learning and really dig into it and seek out men and women  more learned than you and ask them to share their knowledge with you. 

 

Charlie was also passionate about living out principles of good health – get enough sleep, exercise, discipline schedule, use time wisely - what’s not to like about a role model like this for your teenage children? For sure Charlie and my fictional character Tommy Smurlee would’ve been great friends. Tommy’s the hero in my mystery fantasy book series designed to develop bold truth speakers and strong moral qualities in young people while solving an exciting mystery at a fun summer camp. 

 

I’m so grateful for Jesus in my life helping me to survive these three years and adjust to a different kind of life. I’m saddened that another widow named Erika must navigate this journey.  It takes courage to walk in each new day as a widow. Fortunately, my God says He’s strong and we can be courageous because He says: “I am the Lord your God and I am with you always.”

 

In conclusion, may we all keep our own heart happy and pure. Free of ill will and hatred. You certainly can dismiss Charlie’s politics but you can’t dismiss the sincerity of his heart as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

 

May you experience deep joy as we transition into another fall, another season closer to eternity. Let’s be intentional by living day by day to glorify God. Heart to heart to heart.

 

 

Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

 

Tommy Smurlee Mystery Series

The Music of Change

Fall approaches, school begins anew. Ready or not. The years of childhood pass like lightning flashes.

 I recall the music of family with my four children.  It's the parent’s melody and I loved being immersed in its sweet sound. 

But my music makers are off now leading concerts of their own. The memory of our music together sustains me. From time to time we gather and I smile at the joyful noises in my heart.

 

I think of moms and dads still in the midst of the music. 

 

There is a rhythm to life that only the Lord knows, a time for babies to be born and educated and a time for children to be transformed into adults. I don’t know how it happens with such speed and precision. I do know when I try to mess with my own family’s life, the melody it becomes clangy.

 

The giving, the getting, the loosing, the stretching, the tying tight and the hard releases with children as they mature can be tough. Only God makes it all so beautiful and right.

 

Lord, I watched my old expectations as a parent fly away and wonder why were they once so important.  Teaching about You Jesus, absorbing You, exuding You, seems the only parenting purpose of value.

 

My eyes glisten, when I try to write words that describe Your You-ness Jesus as the great I AM and the FOREVER-WILL-BE and YOUR presence that permeates my family reality with security and joy. Sheltering was never all up to my husband Wayne and I. God really can snatch our loved ones from evil and work ugly things for good.

 

Which is why I can trust  my babies-turned-adult, my grandchildren and now my great grands into the invisible arms that never fail to protect them.

 

Change and transition, I am bigger than these foes. I can embrace every new note of now. Love within a family never ends, it simply gets lived out differently.

 

God’s plan is good, really, assuredly, ultimately and so I can be content whether my household nest is full or empty during hours of the school day or for a lifetime.

 

 

 

 

The music plays on. I need only listen.

 

 

HELPFUL SCRIPTURE:

 

“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. “Proverbs 17:6

 

“Bear with each other and forgive one another. If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Colossians 3:13

 

BOOK SUGGESTIONS:

 

My books MAN IN COMMAND, 52 WAYS TO BE A GREAT HUSBAND AND DAD and LOVING EVERY MINUTE, 52 WAYS TO LIVE, LAUGH AND LOVE AS A WOMAN will help you have a great family life. I have included the principles I learned from 30 years of family counseling and from .studying God’s Word for families.

 

Amazon Review for Man in Command: Great material for men who take being a husband and dad seriously and are willing to learn how to maximize their roles in the family.”

Amazon Review for Loving Every Minute Women:” Great real-life practical examples. It’s a wonderful tool and I find myself rereading it as issues come up.”

CATHEDRALS AND US

 Cathedrals, Temples and Us

I’ve recently returned from a trip visiting the great cathedrals in Europe and the pilgrimage sites of Lourdes in France, Fatima in Portugal and Santiago de Campostella in Spain - the end of the El Camino Trail. I saw incredibly beautiful displays of the passionate love for God that artists displayed.

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This morning I thought about how we each carry within us a cathedral - no, actually we are a cathedral that houses the living God. For we’re Christ-bearers in our homes and communities. Like any activity we do it best when mindfully focused and so from time to time it’s good to remind ourselves of this privilege.

Miraculously the living God dwells within us!

Another opportunity I enjoyed on this trip was lots of time for contemplation - some of the usual thoughts like who am I in relation to our amazing  God. The questions my late husband often wrote about are also relevant. Why am I here? What is my purpose? Where am I going? Each of us needs to ponder these at some point in our lives.

My 14-year-old puppy was very happy to see me when I returned and I him! I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL  FOR THE GREAT CARE my friend Linda gave Miles when he was ill.

July 30th will be three years I have survived without Wayne, the man I never wanted to live without. It certainly hasn’t been easy, but God, and only God, has made it possible.#WidowsLoveStory #JesusTimeLoveNotesOfWonderAndWorship.

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? "1 Corinthians 6:19 

"You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, in fact the spirit of God dwells in you " Romans 8:9

Sweet Surrender

Living well requires sweet surrender.

 

Surrender - one little word sums up our entire response to God. It’s the key, the heart. We find out when trouble tracks us down if we’re totally surrendered to the will of God for our lives.

 

My "surrender” I spoke well the first decades of my life although it was more my way, and may it match God’s. I found out obedience to God is radical and doesn’t always make sense to me. Like my life as a widow now.

 

Actually why would I ever want to surrender my will? Certainly only if I have complete confidence in the person I’m surrendering to.

 

Definitely not to earn heaven, Christ has taken care of that, if we’re His, we’re heaven-bound, but God has so much more for us than the minimum. Being surrendered can and will change your life in good, even wonderful ways. You can live a rich, exciting life. Surrender has everything to do with being all God calls us to be.

 

God says surrender is a walk into total freedom - the only way we can ever achieve complete freedom in our lives. Gone is fear of loss, reputation, insufficiency, death. Surrender is trusting the verse “All things work together for good, for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.”

 

“Follow Me” is Jesus’ command to His apostles and us, often involving using the gifts we’ve received. The Our Father prayer reminds us, "Thy will be done." 

 

Surrender is where our greatest good and deepest joy are. Sweet surrender means letting God have control over everything we experience, think, do and say. It’s my daily prayer. 

 

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God…” Romans 12:1

 

 The plaque on the wall to the right of my son reads: Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, And Leave The Rest to God.

 

Mother's Day 2025

 Happy Mom’s Day from My Family to Yours

 

Truth is being a mom is a mysterious, sacred undertaking. I thank God for helping me through each stage of parenting four precious lives and now grandparenting seven more world-changing creations and great-grandparenting too.

 

I think often of Mary, mother of Jesus, my role model. Living holy and passionate for God she nurtured Jesus and ravished Him with love. How many times did her hands touch Him, soothe Him to sleep? Did she marvel that God’s son was placed in her care? That’s how I feel about each child’s birth. God, You chose to trust me with motherhood! Amazing!

 

Was Mary overcome with wonder as Jesus matured, as I am when I look at my grown children? Mary was a human momma so she may have had times of trembling like me. She stood with Jesus at the cross and showed me to do the same for my children through both good and hard times, loving them all the way.

 

I honor too those birth moms who placed their baby in the hands of another woman for the child’s benefit. And I celebrate those who never physically gave birth but guided the fruit from other wombs as aunts, teachers, nurses, neighborhood moms.

 

Happy, Happy Momma's Day!

To mothers the whole world over who daily take up the challenge to parent well and aim to glorify God through every exciting or humdrum moment. As an imperfect mom, I know some days can be glorious, and others tough, but we moms try our best!

 

 

To touch the life of any child is to shape the universe itself.

 

Mary, Mom of Jesus

Holiness undefinable,

Sweetness personified,

Instigator of miracles,

Model of dignity,

Inspiration worthy of honor.

Spiritual mother to the masses,

And holy Mother to me.

From Minute Meditations©Judith Rolfs

 

MOMS, IF YOU LIKE READING MYSTERIES YOU ‘LL ENJOY

 Mystery At Wycham Manor

Come see me at the Angelus Gift shop in Walworth, Wi between 11 and 1 on Saturday, May 17^th for the launch of this new novel.

 

Easter 2025

 

Truth is fascinating and totally unchangeable.

Truth is independent of what observers think or say about it.

Truth simply IS today, tomorrow and always.

 

The most dramatic world-changing event in history is what we celebrate this Easter Sunday. Truth is that many, many, many years ago a Man who was fully Man and fully God, suffered a painful, public death and then rose from the dead! Over 500 people saw him alive after he was killed.

 

It’s not just the fact of this amazing happening that matters, but the WHY behind it.

 

WHY involves the true story of sin. We might like to think otherwise, but no one is without sin. Sin is ugly and has consequences that are inevitable. Someone had redeem us from this state of sin and Jesus, the Son of God, with His Father’s permission, chose to be our Rescuer.

 

If you or I say we’ve never sinned, the truth is not in us. Sin is not just a wrong action, but bad attitude, wrong motive. 

 

Gloriously at Easter we celebrate that Jesus is risen, and so will we be also! Through Jesus’ sacrificial death we become holy enough to be heaven-dweller forever. Believing this truth about Jesus is all that matters. 

Matthew 28:5-6 "The angel said to the women do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who is crucified. He is not here, he has risen, just as he said.

I’m comforted by the sweet thought of my husband Wayne enjoying heaven.

Happy Easter Celebration Dear Friends and Family!

 

WRITING UPDATE:

 

Readers tell me they’re enjoying my recent Mystery of Wycham Manor and never guess the ending which I love. Libraries can order through Ingram. Discussion questions are available for book clubs. (E-mail me a request for any of my five mysteries.)

 

I’m beyond excited to announce that all my previous books are now being made into Audible books! Many of you have asked for this.

 

As of this writing, A Widow’s Love Story and Jesus Time are available through Amazon Audible. Directive 99 is almost ready. My in-depth book on modern parenting titled Soaring As A Parent until now has only been an e-book and I’m thrilled it soon can be heard through Audible.

 

God is so good to make this transition happen at no expense to me.

 

May 18^th I’ll be at Angelus Gift & Home in Walworth from 11 to 1 P.M. for the official launch of Mystery at Wycham Manor. Come see me.

Happy Valentine's Day

I miss my husband Wayne on Valentine’s Day, one of our favorite holidays, but my LOVE for family, friends and God remains huge. 

 

My love affair with God has deepened since I depend on Him totally to husband me. God has proved  so faithful. I sense His blessing in the fascinating people in my life, the beauty and intricacy of natural life around me, and the excitement of always finding new things to learn.

 

God is so real! Thoughts of love and gratitude mingle together. May you experience His love for you more this year than ever before.

 

 

Happy Valentine’s Day! 

 

 

How can we best respond to His amazing love?

“…Only to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

 

Fun day with my daughters at Sweetie's Tea Shop in Florida 

Writing News

This link will take you you my book A Widow's Love Story. Readers tell me it's beautiful and inspirational.

A Widow's Love Story I'm humbled to be a blessing to others on this journey.

About my new mystery, Mystery atWycham Manor, a reader messaged me this week: "It was great and holy cow do you know how to throw in  a twist at the end!" 

If your marriage isn't all you'd like it to be, check out the helpful tips on my Youtube channel: Judith Rolfs eapecially the ones about adding more zip to your relationship and the Intimacy Reviver.

Prayer and Mystery

Dear Family and Friends, 

I’ve been pondering the process of prayer. Wondering what your thoughts are?

 

My initial experience with prayer was as a teenager. I prayed for my mom to be healed from alcoholism - eventually she was in her 60s. Years later, during childbirth complications I prayed a prayer to help me through surgery and a near fatal disease, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13. It was the only Scripture I knew by heart at age 25. 

 

More recently, I prayed for my husband Wayne’s healing during his final illness. Wayne was 84 and his life had been full and rich. He’d used his gifts in amazing ways. I wavered between accepting the reality of the cycle of life and longing for Wayne’s healing from lung issues and heart issues and Covid. In some ways it didn’t seem right to ask for more of him. But I prayed Psalms 103 and Psalm 91 and I asked for his healing even though I knew that would block Wayne from the rewards of heaven he so clearly was ready for. My prayer wasn’t answered in my way, but God gave me peace knowing my husband is with Jesus now.

 

This doesn’t mean I believe any less in the power of prayer. Here are some principles I know are true. 

 

First of all, prayer works!  I have seen God do the miraculous. My book Love Always, Mom is about the miraculous healing of our son. Even his doctors stated that was a miracle. When you read about the workings of God I think you’ll believe prayer works too. And there have been other miracles I witnessed during my years of counseling. I watched God heal marriages that looked unsalvageable. So I shall always testify that prayer works well, but just not always according to our timetable or specific plan.

 

Secondly, prayer doesn’t have to be long or complicated. It can be short and simple -  but it does have to be heartfelt. My most common prayer these days is oh Jesus help and He does. 

 

Third, prayer has surprising offshoots. It not only draws us closer in our relationship with God but often the people around us benefit from knowing we’re praying for them. Prayer has no timetable - it’s a supernatural act and the working out of answers to prayer often happens in the supernatural realm before we see them actively on earth. 

 

Fourth,  prayer is a pleasure, not an obligation –I consider it a privilege as matriarch of our family. Prayer gives me the confidence to pull back from trying to do what I cannot do for my loved ones and trust God to do what only He can accomplish. In this way prayer becomes a pathway to peace. I cannot impose my time frame on God but I can make requests and then submit to His perfect plan in everything.

 

Fifth,  prayer language is a real option between me and God. Some people think praying in tongues is weird, but it’s an intense and awesome private way to pray when you find it difficult to put prayer into words. You may want to ask God to give you this simple, practical gift.

 

Probably the most important conclusion is pray as much as you can, whenever you can, because the results are amazing! I pray these thoughts bless you.

 

EXCITING WRITING UPDATE:

 

MYSTERY OF WYCHAM MANOR IS  available for early readers!

If you love a good mystery I guarantee you’ll find this intriguing!

 It’s definitely my favorite book thus far. 

By the way, I’d be grateful if you’d leave a review on amazon or Goodreads.

One thing I ask: please do not give away the unique plot.

AND GREAT NEWS! 

The price on Amazon pre-official release is $10 

After April 12 it’s $15.95.

ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV3Z3LS5

 

 

The Mystery of Christmas 2024

Dear Family and Friends,

The mystery of Christmas is before us again – ever new and ever old with our traditions.

 

The first Christmas was truly the world’s game-changer. We know this, not only in our head, but deep in our heart.

 

This Bethlehem babe, our beloved Jesus, became an adult victim, a cross-hanger who shed royal red blood for us. His blood purifies our own - symbolically yes, and really truly. 

 

Who needs a Savior, a Changer, a Better-maker? We do! Don't we all want to see with God’s eyes the beauty He forms in each soul and sense the radiance burst forth that’s locked inside us?  Without holiness and goodness we’re nothing. Who but Christ could make us what we need to be and deeply, unconsciously long to be?

 

People all around the world have had first-hand experience of this ManGod who changed their lives. They testify to no longer being the same after experiencing His supernatural presence and surrendering to His lordship.

 

The transformation of human nature begins with this birth we celebrate. Without Christ’s entrance into human reality, paradise was indeed forever lost. It’s now just beyond the veil of life.

 

Isn’t that why God came? So we can love out the beauty in one another. And smother the sinfulness of pride and end the self-absorption that seeks to crawl all over us. Isn’t it preposterous that one man, one life, one Supernatural wonder-worker entered the world to redeem us?

 

Jesus’ birth, dying and rising empowers each of us and gives deep meaning to gift-giving and loving without limits. How can we be gift-givers without recognizing the Giver of every good gift we’ve ever received? 

 

This Christmas may we meditate a bit on the mystery and wonder of this Christ-change in us. We who call ourselves Christ-ians have experienced newness in our lives. The peace that passes understanding is ours and doesn’t rest on circumstances like world peace. Peace that floods my heart and yours with contentment because we follow this Baby-Become-Man-Become King of Glory.

 

Christmas represents the beginning of this greatest mystery and change event in humankind. Weird, but oh so wonderful. Like you, I treasure most of all my family times when I can be with my adult children, grown-up grandchildren, great-grands and connections with precious friends – both new and old - in my life.

 

All the shopping and wrapping and hanging the holly is done. Now it’s time to remember it’s not just a home we decorated but our lives. It’s not just gifts we give, but love that springs from Jesus, its source. 

 

Dear family and friends, may you have a Jesus-filled Christmas – the best ever!

 

MY WRITING

I continue writing and speaking about biblical principles for raising families and God’s miracles in our lives.

My new book is due soon, a Christian mystery novel. Mystery at Wycham Manor is in cover design right now. It’s my favorite project thus far.

May I recommend JESUS TIME, 365 LOVE NOTES OF WONDER & WORSHIP for your daily devotional this year.  

AVAILABLE AT ANGELUS GIFT in Walworth, Wi and through Amazon.

"Trust God at all times, pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge." Psalm 62:8

 

 

 

Blessed Thanksgiving Everyone!

 Thanksgiving shocks me at times – surging like a sudden storm through my head. I absorb with awe God’s power to create every atom and make all circumstances good in His way and time. Rays of sunshine shoot from the splendor of God to penetrate the forest surrounding my home and my heart. My praise overflows. I’m blessed to live in a place I love among family and friends! What wild, amazing, God-designed flowers each person is in the garden of my life.

 

My deep thanks cut to the core when I observe real, recognizable events no man orchestrated and know, just know for sure, the action was God’s. His signs are ever present, if one but looks. 

 

Still, at times thanks-living can be hard. Like now, with my husband’s physical presence gone from earth. His love has given me exquisite moments of joy – now who ever thought a heart could hurt so badly?  I work to focus on the sweet memories and glorious times with my man now in heaven, and give God praise for what we had.  Eventually, the wave of peace comes again.

 

How I appreciate the privilege of being helpful in someone else’s life through my YouTube channel, by my writing however minutely that may be. To speak or write a word of truth into another person, to thrust a spear into debilitating depression or ignite a dead marriage with new life or encourage a high school student through my teaching! How honored I am to be able to minister to God’s beloveds.

 

Thanksgiving is a humbling act. And “thank you” has many forms. Ordinary thanksgivings to God the great giver for His endless giving.  For simple items like pumpkins and dogs and emotional insights and human re-creations, too. Yay, God did it again. He alone gives significance and purpose to every moment.

 

 As families gather to give thanks to God and enjoy one another, may we all remember the central role Christ plays in all our blessings.

 

I challenge you to find something new to thank God for this year.

 

Thanking God for the gift of light – the pleasure of flicking a switch to brighten a room. And the brightness of the world after a couple days of rain. 

 

Thanking God for pens and computers so we can literally see the ideas that come from someone else’s brain.

 

Thanking God also for the gift of knowing deep within that there is a holy, gracious, living Being Who is worthy of our immense thanks. 

 

May this be your best Thanksgiving day ever and the start of a beautiful holiday season of gratitude.  We all have sooooooooo much to be thankful for. 

May we each live daily with thanks to God seeping from our hearts and spilling from our lips.

 

 

“In everything give thanks to God for that is the will of God in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thess. 5: 18

 

Thanks For…

 

Hands gifted to work,

Minds gifted to comprehend,

Hearts gifted to care, and

Bodies gifted to act all for His glory.

 

How I’ve been gifted with you

Dear family and friends, 

rich treasure that you are,

Sharing my life.

 

You help me soar higher in my joys

And shoulder me up when I need lifting,

You’ve done both this past year.

I am grateful beyond words.

 

Saturated with love,

Sealed with gratitude

For God, life and you.

Happy Thank the Lord Day!!!

 

 

 

 

Love this quote by G.K. Chesterton. “Thanks are the highest form of thought, and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

Jesus Time, Love Notes 365 Daily Devotionals

 

Birthdays

I recently celebrated another birthday! You young ones hang on, because the years roll by with breathless speed. 

All of a sudden, like me, you'll find yourself in the senior ranks, and the delightful surprise is: it's quite fun after all. The opportunity you have for reflection that the hurry-scurry years seldom allowed is great. 

I recently took time to ponder these past decades: Life for me has been less a self-planned unfolding of my choices, as I used to pompously believe and more an intentional journey with God. A release, a freedom to day by day plunge into the unknown, ordained by Him. And then hanging on tightly and delighting in the tour He's planned.

New options appear at every season for walking through open doors God has placed before me. Entering isn't scary any more. I'm always eager to respond to anything that might be of Him. Sometimes I start leaping too fast, but always I'm guided back, sometimes with a thump, to the reality God intends for me in every course of this feast of life.

Over the years I've learned a few important things that change the way I view everything:

I have no giftedness apart from what our God has placed within me. 

I have no desire for riches except to use them for God's work in the world. 

I have no need of anything that God hasn’t provided. 

I am among all women the same but different because I KNOW that I am richly blessed with treasure that cannot be lost or stolen. 

How I praise my God who has birthed His love and wisdom within me!

My goal is only that I may honor Him adequately with these brief days of life.

And leave a legacy of truth and strength for generations to come.

I embrace fully the heritage I received, including my family's history of alcoholism and dysfunction, but also one of faith and creativity and love which I desire to send forth into eternity. 

My major sadness is that now I take my life journey alone without my beloved husband Wayne. Yet, I often sense him still at my side encouraging, comforting and loving on me.

In EVERY SITUATION, I bow to the One who made heaven and earth and me and I say “Thank You for dwelling in me. And for giving me a power to laugh at life and see the sparkle in each person. And thanks for instilling in me a few talents to invest for the Kingdom to come.”

Happy Birthday, Me! Happy Birthday Us!

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Writing Update: 

Mystery at Wycham Manor is coming soon!

A Widow's Love Story  This new book is hpefully not for you, but a nice gift for a friend who has suffered a great loss.