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Dear Reader: Guess what today is? The FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of the blog! It was on August 7, 2010 that the very first blog post appeared! Now true confession time…for awhile after the November 19 “photo situation” when Chapelofhopestories.com became a … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: When I got this picture from Anne Wednesday morning….taken from a cottage on Cape Cod…I thought… Wow! From Motel Six to this in one day? The picture looks like the front covers of some of my summer romance … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Many times when I sit down to write the blog I already have a glint of an idea starting to take form…other times several thoughts have clustered into a myriad of ideas..and, still, then other times…like last night…I … Continue reading →

  Dear Reader: Recently I updated my membership to Timrod because I simply have missed going in to that old historical building and smelling that wonderful old “library” smell that takes me back in time….I love seeing card catalogues again…and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A couple of weeks ago, our pastor, Jeff Kackley, asked me if I would do the Children’s Message during the August 2 church service since he and his family would be on vacation. I agreed…already picturing  just the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I find myself these days moving from  bench to  bench throughout my garden…(depending on the time of the day and the sun’s rays) so I can see the garden from a different perspective. It is amazing how just … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is always a little bit of a “let-down” when the Ya’s separate to return back to our individual lives and homes each time we get together. We plan for weeks ahead and then poof…it’s over. In the … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: What a ride the Ya’s have been on….the past two days have been a whirlwind and we wouldn’t have had it any other way! When James Taylor started his first song of the concert…Secret o’ Life from his … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I think sometimes God must let out a big chuckle at us humans for trying to take control of Creation and make it our own. We act like the obnoxious bully in the elementary classroom who was always … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The garden is teaching me valuable lessons in humility and just “being”…mattering to myself and not depending on others to define me. Take this beautiful lily, it has just completed one full cycle of life… from blooming (back … Continue reading →