by Vickie Petz | Dec 2, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
It’s not beginning to look like Christmas at my house. Truthfully, it looks more like Wednesday. My Australian shepherd missed her weekly grooming appointment so clumps of fur collect near the baseboards. The dishwasher is full and I forgot to buy Cascade...
by Vickie Petz | Nov 28, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
Most people have the date of their death etched onto their tombstone. My friend, Mike, writes his on a piece of cardboard with a Sharpie pen. BEFORE AND AFTER Unfortunately, my life is divided into before I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (MG) and after. I...
by Vickie Petz | Nov 21, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
It’s not that I live in a bubble, I just like my little corner of the world. Yesterday I felt like I lived in Mayberry. I had lunch with my dear soul sister and the waitress embraced me. As I walked to the corner to pick up a prescription, the barber. No lie, red...
by Vickie Petz | Nov 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Christmas was different last year. I couldn’t do much. I couldn’t shop. I couldn’t decorate. I couldn’t host any parties. I couldn’t cook. Thanks to myasthenia gravis, I couldn’t even walk but a few feet. Psalm 73:26, “My...
by Vickie Petz | Nov 7, 2015 | ENCOURAGEMENT, Uncategorized
I’ve never been afraid to kill a plant. Let’s just say there have been many botanical casualties under my watch, or lack thereof. The plant-loving workers at the greenhouse probably cried whenever I left with my selections, knowing the move to my house was...
