by Brenda Erb Roberts | Aug 20, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
The Site of My Folly, But I Didn't Go to Jail! It began innocently—it just didn’t end that way. I am a rule follower. I don’t disregard instructions and orders and surreptitiously disobey if I don’t like them. But this time, I openly flaunted the regulations. However,...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Aug 1, 2024 | Inspirational Blog |
The Little Wren’s Not Budging Surprisingly, she’s still here. Day after day, earlier in the spring, a little wren stuffed twigs, fluff, and other tree bits into the base of the hanging planter on my deck. Despite humans coming and going and the precarious position of...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jul 15, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
Can and Should Are Different Concepts, But We Made It Here! Have you ever trusted a GPS to guide you along the most direct route? How did that work out for you? My husband and I learned an excellent life lesson on our recent vacation: can and should are different...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jul 1, 2024 | Inspirational Blog |
The Imperfect Black Hairy Beast His name was Rocky. Ten years ago, our son and his wife adopted this (generally) adorable black hairy beast, a rescue. Rocky died this week, leaving a hole in his family’s hearts and ours. He was a challenge in his pre-elderly years,...
by Brenda Erb Roberts | Jun 14, 2024 | The Lighter Side |
Are There Dead People Down There? Meet The Players It was an average Sunday morning. In my household, Sunday mornings often include a special breakfast if my husband or I aren’t required to be at church early to serve in some capacity. But this wasn’t my household. It...