by Diane W. Bailey | Mar 14, 2017 | Consilium Community
Doc helped me to clean the kitchen before we jumped in the car to get a few items from the drugstore. Walking out of the door, I grabbed the bag of overstuffed garbage, hung it on the side mirror of my car, as we usually do, and drove down the long driveway to our...
by Debbie Putman | Jan 17, 2017 | Consilium Community
Forty years ago, we said, “I do.” Some people took bets we wouldn’t make it a year, but we never doubted. Not because of us. Because of God. In July, a #love your spouse challenge on Facebook and Instagram invited people to post a picture of their spouse every day for...
by Lynn D. Morrissey | Feb 23, 2016 | Consilium Community
My husband Michael doesn’t have a retiring bone in his body. Nonetheless, after thirty-seven years of faithful service to the same agency, last year he tendered his resignation and retired on December 31st. And boy, am I excited! No more solopreneur stuff for me. No,...
by rhondaquaney | Feb 16, 2016 | Consilium Community
One ordinary day, I trudged down the stairs from making beds and gathering laundry. I walked past day-old dirty dishes stacked on the kitchen counter while exhaling a not-so-quiet sigh. The sigh that weary mommas everywhere know too well. That’s when I overheard...
by JeanneDamoff | Feb 9, 2016 | Consilium Community
“And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 My husband gave me opal earrings for Christmas. They’re beautiful, but he chose them for a more significant reason. If you hold an opal to the light, flaming colors...