Category Archives: Gifts

I Put Your Hand in Mine

Posted on May 15, 2013 by richrockwood

To my dear wife: I feel a rolling warmth through my being every time I put your hand in mine. First I feel connected to you and then surrounded by you. Why should this be if I am claustrophobic? I … Continue reading →

Posted in Contentment, Despair, Feelings, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Life, love, Marriage, Memory, mercy, Miracles, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Priorities, relationships, Restoration, Sleeplessness, Thankfulness | Tagged Appreciation, Grace, Identity, Loss, Love, Marriage, Prayer, Principles, Relationship, Self Worth, Spouse, Thankfulness, Wedding, Wife | 3 Comments

Not Made by Human Hands

Posted on May 8, 2013 by richrockwood

With so much gorgeous color all around in Spring it is natural to stop and notice it. In fact men and women have so admired flowers and other parts of nature they have made duplicates of them. I remember seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Appreciation, Art, Balance, Belief, Creation, Depression, Enjoyment, Fear, Feelings, Gifts, God, Grace, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Old Age, Perseverance, Photography, Reality, Seasons, Spring, Time, Trust, Worry, Youth | Tagged Aging, Appreciation, artistic expressions, Creation, Fear, Gifts, God, Renewal, Surrender, Trust, Worship | Leave a comment

Questioning Life’s Reproductive Mystery

Posted on March 4, 2013 by richrockwood

A blessing breeze blows over the earth each time a seed is created. A seed is the product of fertilization and growth within the mother plant. It is the miracle of potential encased within a tiny coat, packed with enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Meditation, Nature, Pleasure, Praise, Spring | Tagged Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Nature, Quiet Time, Renewal, Seeds | 2 Comments

I Met My Wife in My Former Church

Posted on February 27, 2013 by richrockwood

A Gust of Grace blew into my life in November of 2009. On that Sunday I visited my old home church and saw someone I had known over 20 years ago. Seven months later we were married. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptability, Communication, Courage, Faithfulness, Focus, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Guidance, Happiness, Laughter, Letting Go, Life, love, mercy, On Line Dating, Perspective, Principles, Priorities, Providence, relationships, Sense of Humor, Trust, Values, Wisdom | Tagged Abiding, Fun, Grief, Identity, Integrity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships, Surrender, Trust | Leave a comment

The Past is Past

Posted on December 31, 2012 by richrockwood

Lessons from Life: No one has yet invented a time machine that will allow us to travel forward or backwards in time. I doubt they ever will because, as I understand it, you have to exceed the speed of light … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Appreciation, Enjoyment, Feelings, Gifts, Happiness, Holidays, Life, love, Memory, Principles, Reality, relationships, The Past, Time, Wisdom, Youth | Tagged Aging, Appreciation, Forgiveness, Life, Past, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Relationships, Time | Leave a comment

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Posted on December 12, 2012 by richrockwood

Living in the Past: Back when I was growing up, it was always a treat to go to grandmother’s house. One of my earliest memories of her is being in a park somewhere together feeding bread crumbs to ducks. It was … Continue reading →

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