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A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith

The date is March 11, 2011.  As I sit around the dining room table with my family who is visiting their ailing father, I’m hurriedly writing my daily blog.  My granddaughter is playing an on-line video game.  My daughter, Carol Howard Merritt,  is quickly editing the forward she wrote for a friend’s book to email…

Each new generation learns valuable lessons that may be missed by a preceding group of people.  I love rereading my favorite books.  Yet, I came from a tradition in which you watched a movie or television show only once.  You certainly didn’t read a book more than one time.  Nevertheless, I would pull out the…

Sometimes I found myself wanting to treat my husband’s failing health as though it were a knicknack.  In that way, I could put it on a shelf and forget all about it.  I fought almost daily with this notion of detachment.  Psychologist call this “compartmentalization.” In The Special Gathering, which is a ministry within the…

From a Child to a Mother by Michelle Demeree With mothers, there is a love so real and so expected. So expected that we forget how much They love us. They give great parts of their heart To us. We want to say, “Thank you, for your love.”

Spring in Central Florida means many delights; but one of the best is fresh strawberries.  When our children were young and early spring arrived, we would pack up a small lunch and some water.  Then we’d pile into a car with some friends; and we’d all head for the strawberry fields.  In the morning, while…

I received from a friend who is actively involved within the mentally challenged community.  She has worked as a professional.  Her family is deeply involved in the professional community.  She is a volunteer with Special Gathering.  Currently, she is part of the management team for a US Congressman.  While this Word was specifically given to…

I have six locks on my door all in a row.  When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. ~Comedian Elayne Boosler Within the developmentally disabled community, there is a great need for health and safety instructions.…

Everybody needs their mother sometime.

Coming together to pray all during the day has become important to Christians each year on the first Thursday of May which became the National Day of Prayer in 1988.  All over the nation and all through the day, men, women and children will stop today to pray alone, in small groups and large gatherings.…

During my “play time,” I dreamed of being on stage and teaching.  Playing mommy and cuddling doll babies didn’t ever interest me.  However, writing and performing plays was the passion of my playmates and me.  While standing before people is our nation’s leading fear, putting me in front of people was comfortable for me.  Intuitively,…
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