God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.

Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.

To return to the Might God is to truly rely on Him.

Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear

I certainly didn't want to date. I was through with guys.

Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away your sense of control over your time.

The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor.

It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.

I've always loved children. When I was working with children as a librarian, I loved being with them and working around them.

I'm not the fastest reader or writer but occasionally I'll write things down just so I don't forget them.