Category Archives: Thanks God

Are there miracles?

Posted on 12/10/2023 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

What if you were in a miracle right this minute? You know, like one of those kinds you read in the Bible where something happens that is impossible for a logical brain to comprehend. What if you weren’t watching, perplexed … Continue reading →

Plantzilla

Posted on 04/16/2023 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

I share a practice with Indigenous people and preschoolers known as animism which is that all things have a spirit to them and are alive. For over sixteen+ years I have been caring for and nurturing one of those Teacher … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Nature, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God, world kindness day | Tagged animism, change, family members, loving earth, plantzilla | Leave a comment

The Gift of Keeping

Posted on 01/04/2021 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

New Years isn’t when the ball drops in Time Square for me, but today, when work and school abruptly dissolve the magical put-responsibility-on-hold dreamy wonder-fog after this year’s lingering weekend. I usually feel pressure to make resolutions that I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged keeping, organizing, the gift of keeping, throw it out | 1 Comment

Ultimate Enthusiasm

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

(Favorite Book quotes from Summer reads) “So tell me, why do you like the stars?” Marshall took his time before he said, “I used to watch the stars out in the desert when I was a kid. I got books … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Nature, Play Time, Thanks God | Tagged Creative Enthusiasm, Diversity on the planet, God's creation, Sharing what you made, Species galore, Thanks God, Variety | Leave a comment

Designing your perfect day

Posted on 07/25/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

If you could design a day where you feel stress-free, in the flow, joyful, and peace all in one, what would your perfect day look like and who would you be with and where? Here is mine… Go create yours… … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Nature, Have fun with Family, Play Time, Thanks God | Tagged designing your perfect day, family, fun with family, My perfect day, play, summertime, together with family, your perfect day | 1 Comment

Breath

Posted on 06/04/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

March 12 stopped my routine walks at the high school track. Today I was drawn there. Hope was happening. The graduating senior’s pictures were being posted on poles as you enter. Their bright faces moving into the future was joyous. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, Ideas - Relationships, kindness, My Thoughts, random acts of kindness, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God, world kindness day | Tagged Breath, Covid 19, Good People everywhere, love, pandemic, Powerful influence for good, the right to breathe | Leave a comment

In honor of my mother

Posted on 05/10/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Reflecting on my mother, she was never in a rush. This has become something I did not realize until right now, how powerful that one characteristic is. She seemed to be always present and “there,” willing to talk, ready to … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth Angels, From my Heart and Hands, Heart to Heart, Ideas - Kids, My Thoughts, Thanks God | Tagged being held in someones heart, being seen, feeling invisible, memories, Mother's compassion, mother's day, ways to cradle | 1 Comment

Grandma, soldiers, and the magic spool

Posted on 04/18/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

Digging into boxes and drawers searching for fabrics tucked away… Wondering where that basket of inherited thread went… Dusting off the machine that hasn’t seen the light of day for how long? Who knew that old fashioned “homemakers” skill … Continue reading →

Posted in My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged a call to sewers, elastic, home sewers, how to make a mask, how to sew a mask, masks, miracles, miracles and masks, modern miracles, need of elastic for masks, pandemic, sew a mask, sewing masks | 1 Comment

The Atonement of Jesus Christ

Posted on 04/12/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

If a survey were taken of history’s most significant events, common answers might include the harnessing of fire, the discovery of America, the splitting of the atom, landing on the moon, or the invention of the computer. Each is a … Continue reading →

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If I was there that Palm Sunday

Posted on 04/05/2020 by Jennifer Calvert Edwards

What would I have done if I watched as Jesus entered the gates of Jerusalem, riding a donkey, on that bustling spring day, as large crowds gathered to Jerusalem for Passover? I hope I would have been one who placed … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart to Heart, My Thoughts, Sensitivity and Spirit, Thanks God | Tagged Easter, Jesus Christ, Jesus on a donkey, Palm Sunday, Palm Sunday Poem, The week before Easter, triumphal entry | Leave a comment