Oysters don’t grow pearls the way trees grow fruit. A bit of grit gets inside between the shell and the soft body of the oyster.
Category: Healthy Thoughts
Fight Lies With Truth
The devil is a liar, liar, with pants on fire, and a nose as long as a telephone wire. God’s word is Truth. And we
The Gift That Nobody Wants
Dr. Paul Brand was the first physician to recognize that leprosy itself doesn’t kill people or cause the loss of fingers and feet. Leprosy injures
Overcome Losses with Love and Connection
The picture above was taken during the massive Oregon wildfires in September 2020 that covered the entire western half of Oregon with a thick layer
Hope in 2020
Last year – 2019 – was a whole different world than this year – 2020. Last year at this time I wrote a 2019 Alsworth
A WISE WOMAN BUILDS
A WISE WOMAN BUILDS CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE Even though the pandemic is trying to isolate her A WISE WOMAN BUILDS HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Pumpkins Explain Labor
Just a bit of Halloween fun in labor and delivery. Every year my hospital has a pumpkin carving contest. My coworkers and I submitted these
Vincent’s Vacation
I’m supposed to be in San Francisco right now, eating sourdough bread as I watch the street performers in Fishermen’s Wharf and visiting my cousin,
Positives of the Pandemic
This pandemic has been like an unrelenting thunderstorm that makes you want to lock yourself in your cellar and not come out until next year.
Feed the Flowers
Want to feel happier? Encouraged? Grateful?
Feed the Flowers