Author: aencoker

  • “Someone Like You”

    We all need something good in our lives, something that lifts us up, makes us forget the bad, reinforces the fact that there are good people all around us, and reminds us that God Himself is good. (according to Psalm 100:5 and Psalm 107:1 and others) I experienced that this week when I went to…

  • Medicare and Me?

    I’ve always considered Medicare something that I would need much later in life. Medicare has always been for old people. Grandma talked about it. After she was gone, eventually my parents talked about it–which Supplement or Advantage Plan to buy, whether Medicare would cover certain medications or procedures, or even if Medicare would still be…

  • Remembering Thanksgiving

    At the risk of writing another unnecessary article about the meaning of Thanksgiving, I’d like to share a few words on what I think it’s all about. Yes, Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday of November and it’s generally attributed to the Pilgrims who gave thanks for their bounty after they settled in the New…

  • Oh, Lahaina

    I never thought I would get to see Hawaii, but careful saving and using a Southwest credit card to pay for daily expenses allowed me to go early this summer. My friend Paula and I found ourselves on the beautiful island of Maui for the first time in June. Yes, it was beautiful–a paradise. It’s…

  • Titche’s & Dr. Dolittle

    There comes a time in a child’s life–it was at age 10 or 11 for me–that he or she feels not quite a kid and not quite an adult. One Christmas season my parents took me and my sisters and brother to visit my uncle, aunt, and cousins in Duncanville, about an hour from our…