July 10, 2023 Melissa Valerio When I had my daughter Holly, I knew that life would be different. Isn’t that normally the case when you have a child? You fully expect for life to add another layer of complexity, especially when you already have other children. But I never would have imagined that it […]
July 3, 2023 Melissa Valerio On this day in 1985, the box office hit movie Back To The Future was released in theaters. Starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, the movie was based on a time machine car that was able to transport the main characters into the past. While in the past, […]
June 26, 2023 Melissa Valerio When my son, Victor, was sick with a stomach bug, I did what I could to ease his discomfort. I laid down with him, helped him vomit in the bucket, cleaned him up afterward, gave Pedialyte, then waited until the next episode. This happened all night long and by […]
June 19, 2023 Melissa Valerio Isn’t it funny how time has a way of making us forget things? Remember those heartbreaks you experienced as a teenager or young adult? When the whole world crashed down around you after a relationship broke off? What seemed so fresh and raw at the time eventually turned into […]
June 12, 2023 Melissa Valerio One of the things I appreciate on the roadways are those rumble strips on the shoulder. They’re meant to warn you that you’re wandering too far off the road and in danger of crashing into something. I haven’t needed them much, but I sure do appreciate them when I […]
June 5, 2023 Melissa Valerio This week, in 1938, Superman made his debut on the cover of Action Comics #1. Since then, he’s been featured in countless comic stories, TV shows, and movies. He’s been made into action figures, featured on lunch boxes and backpacks, clothing, jewelry, dishware, bed sheets, car rugs, salt & […]
June 1, 2023 Melissa Valerio Whenever my children ask what’s for dinner and I say “leftovers”, their eyes roll so far back in their heads I think they’re actually looking behind them. BORING, they all complain. But with a mind of frugality, I don’t care. They’re getting fed, aren’t they? Holly has no problem […]
May 29, 2023 Melissa Valerio 1 Corinthians 12:21-26 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” or the head to the feet, “I don’t need you.” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable, and the parts of the body that we think are […]
May 25, 2023 Melissa Valerio One of the most common things among all of us, believer and non-believer, is that we all go through periods of trial and tribulation. Times of extreme lows, where getting out of bed in the morning takes all the strength in the world. It could be for a number […]
May 22, 2023 Melissa Valerio It is impossible to know everything there is to know about Jesus. He has no beginning and no end. He is an inexhaustible deep well of knowledge and spiritual insight. Even if we drew from this well every second of every day of every year of life, we would […]