by Shelia Shook | Jan 29, 2020 | Embrace Life
THANKFUL CHIVALRY IS STILL ALIVE When thinking about things I am thankful for, this year’s New Years’ Eve came to mind. On my way to admit a new hospice patient, I had a sudden blow-out in a strange area. I wanted to cry. I prayed and thanked God for my safety,...
by Shelia Shook | Jan 17, 2020 | Embrace Life
What are you thankful for? Here we are in the middle of January and I’ve yet to even start my new routine or work toward goals for 2020. How about you? Are you still recovering from Christmas and the whirlwind of 2019? I have been pondering 2019 and considering what I...
by Shelia Shook | May 9, 2019 | Embrace Life
LETTING GO Maybe you recently registered your child for next year’s kindergarten class or college. Or you see their June wedding invitations and can’t believe your baby is growing up so fast. Oh, then they move out of state. They have their own children. Suddenly,...
by Shelia Shook | Mar 11, 2019 | Embrace Life
Did you know if a butterfly doesn’t struggle to leave the cocoon, it can’t fly? It’s a fact that if you help a butterfly out of the cocoon, it emerges easily, but will still have a swollen body like a caterpillar. It may not struggle in leaving the cocoon, but it...
by Shelia Shook | Feb 8, 2019 | Embrace Life
Hi! Here’s a story to help you see past hard work. Remember times when you thought life wasn’t sweet enough, but, once you’d gotten past the difficulty, the times were sweeter in hindsight? When I was fourteen, my parents bought acreage in the backwoods of East Texas...
