Author Archives: Shelly Miller

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  It’s Thanksgiving Eve!!!  Can I get a “Gobble Gobble”?  Seriously though, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday to spend with family and this year will be special for a few reasons.  First, Brian and I have been married for 22 years and between us we have five children,Continue reading “Wednesday, November 22, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  I like to read, well, I don’t know if it actually has a name, but the blurb, thoughts to ponder in front of the Sunday Mass readings.  This past Sunday, that blurb kept me thinking during Mass.  Actually, it still has me thinking.  The Gospel reading wasContinue reading “Wednesday, November 15, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Lord, what are we going to do today?  Not, Lord, what are You going to do today?  It’s also a matter of how you ask it.  Are you asking with an excitement, energy, and a desire to share your day with the Lord?  Are you asking sheepishlyContinue reading “Wednesday, November 8, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  We are only one inspection away from being able to claim our new house as our home.  Can I get a WOOT WOOT!  Better yet, can I get an AMEN!  THANK YOU, LORD!  This home building journey certainly has had its moments and trials, but it hasContinue reading “Wednesday, November 1, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  The Bible is filled with signs, wonders, and most importantly Jesus.  It is our foundation, the Rock upon which I hope and pray your life has been built upon.  But the Bible is just one way in which we can experience Christ.  Christ commissioned us and theContinue reading “Wednesday, October 25, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Actions.  How do actions effect your life?  It can be the slightest of actions that can send out a ripple, that becomes a wave.  Brian typically goes to the office on Wednesdays, which means he has to get up at 3am in order to beat the trafficContinue reading “Wednesday, October 18, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Friday was my regularly scheduled day off and Monday was a federal holiday, so I had four full days to work on our new home.  So, what have I been doing for the past eight weeks?  Good questions.  I’ve been spending most of my time in ourContinue reading “Wednesday, October 11, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Driving along the highway from the homestead to our home one night this past week, a vehicle passed me smelling as if they ran over a skunk.  This got me to thinking about how much trust we put in people every time we choose to drive.  TheseContinue reading “Wednesday, October 4, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Yesterday was one of those rare occasions in which all of my siblings were in town at the same time, so we were able to have dinner all together with our parents.  It was truly a blessing spending time with everyone.  I didn’t have my phone withContinue reading “Wednesday, September 20, 2023”

😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you.  Snoopy has been a favorite of mine, as far back as I can remember.  Seeing Snoops in this moment, a simple moment of embracing and engaging the unexpected; finding joy in the dance; offering gratitude for the experience, makes me realize that I’ve been holding on tooContinue reading “Wednesday, September 13, 2023”