Prayerful Pondering

by Pat Luffman Rowland

Category: family

  • Fresh peas were on the stove and needing my attention: a little more water, some seasoning, a few gentle stirs. As I lifted the lid and tended them, I had a flashback of years gone by. I saw my grandmother’s kitchen and remembered the constant aroma of good food. Food cooked with skill and love,…

  • I sat by her bed and held her hand.  Mother smiled and said how proud she was to see me.  I told her how glad I was to see her, too.  Then she looked off and was quiet a while, as if in another place.  Looking back at me, she told me again how glad…

  • I recently found some prayer notes tucked away in a Bible commentary I used in my 20s and 30s.  It was an excellent reminder of things I had prayed for during the early years of my marriage and as my child went through her teen years.  There were also notes about children I had taught…