by Shelia Shook | Sep 4, 2022 | Embrace Life
It’s A Holiday-Take it! Labor Day is the official celebration of the United States labor classes and has been since 1894 when President Grover Cleveland declared it a federal holiday to recognize the country’s workers. This last June, I retired from a terrific...
by Shelia Shook | Aug 31, 2021 | Embrace Life
Don’t you just love a new notebook? The fresh pages are enticing. When school starts back after a long free, active, and hot summer, the structure of school calls us to get organized. Even when you aren’t in school anymore, it’s refreshing just to see the school...
by Shelia Shook | Jul 14, 2021 | Embrace Life
Do you consider yourself priviledged? Last September, my granddaughter and I were discussing the political and racial climate of our country. Our chaotic world. The injustice toward blacks, the protests, and violent riots. I told her I understood the protests,...
by Shelia Shook | Nov 8, 2020 | Embrace Life
Why do we say hurtful things to our spouse that we would never say to a stranger? We are supposed to love and respect our spouses, not tear them down. Whether to build ourselves up or to defend our own actions, blame and defensiveness is not the way to honor marriage....
by Shelia Shook | Oct 31, 2020 | Embrace Life
Is your marriage a Covenant Marriage? When you promised to have and to hold, etcetera, etcetera, did you really mean till death? Every marriage should be a Covenant Marriage, but only three states in the USA: Arkansas, Arizona and Louisiana actually issue a Covenant...
by Shelia Shook | Aug 20, 2020 | Embrace Life
Do you find yourself being critical of your spouse? I don’t mean to imply with this blog that my relationship with Bill is perfect. Far from it. But we do love each other and so we work around our disagreements. For instance, Bill likes to build, and I’ve got a thing...
