Grandma's Gleanings
Words and Thoughts from Grandma
We all find ourselves in that dark place from time to time, those brief chapters in our lives when we find our hands weakened, our physical strength depleted, and our spiritual focus blurred. We have all walked those valley experiences, periods of time when we feel alone in our suffering, when we are physically, mentally, …
I was living through what would be the greatest trial of my life. I was grief-stricken, lost in the depths of depression and sadness. My first-born daughter’s body had been unexpectedly overwhelmed by a virus, a virus her little body was unable to fight. She was my angel, a gift from the hand of God, …
My junior church children would all giggle whenever I would share this silly story with them. The tale centered around a little boy named Fred. Now Fred had a problem, he was very handsome, talented, and personable…and he knew it. All the girls would sigh whenever Fred would enter a room, and he certainly …
The audience can watch the hamartia grow throughout the course of the play. The word hamartia originated from a Greek verb meaning to miss the mark, or to err, however writers would use the word to describe a tragic flaw, a personal quality or characteristic that leads the main character, or protagonist, to make …
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving one sets you above him. Those words, penned centuries ago by Benjamin Franklin, are oozing with wisdom. Revenge, that burning desire for retaliation and retribution, is one of the most natural, and destructive forces among all human …
Allow me to share with you a true and touching story from the lips of the recipient of a sweet act of unbridled compassion: When the supermarket clerk tallied up my groceries, I was $12.00 over what I had on me. I began to remove items from the bags, when another shopper handed me a …
With the birth of the twenty-four-hour news cycle and the development of advanced, sophisticated weaponry, the general public has been made painfully aware of the term friendly fire. During the 1990’s, incidents between coalition troops in the Persian Gulf region brought that deadly phrase into the headlines. But friendly fire is not a new problem, …
I’m not much of a reality television fan, but one video from a few years ago recently caught my attention. The year was 2009, and a middle-aged Scottish woman was about to audition for a talent show in the United Kingdom, to sing her prepared song before a sold-out auditorium. She was not exceptionally …