Author: catherinehendley
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For the Love of Reading
My love for reading began as a child. Growing up in the 1900’s, my sister and I wrote the earliest forms of fan fiction in our bedroom with Barbie dolls. Fueled by stories from library books, we crafted elaborate stories for our toys. Reading fueled our stories. I don’t just read books, I engage with…
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A Novel Perspective
“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1 NLT.) My dad was a runner. When I was young, we would all get in the car and drive to Frisch’s to pick him up. He had “run the bridges.” I went with him in my early twenties. We drove to a parking…
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Let’s Hide the Invisibles
One of the final stages of editing requires you to review all of the spaces and page breaks in the document. I imagine someone out there enjoys this. They probably also enjoy scraping gum off the bottom of the chairs. The process is tedious, to say the least. On my computer, I go to the…
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Gratitude
Several weeks ago, I began a journey of thankfulness. I found myself at the end of my rope, so to speak. My prayer list contained some things that had been there for some time. The more I dug into prayer and described my need for change, the worse it became. It might have been easier…
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Embracing the Pasta Effect in Daily Projects
The Challenge is in full swing now. My list of things to do has what I like to call the pasta effect. Every once in a while, I enjoy eating pasta. Sometimes, however, the pasta seems to grow as I eat it. The more I eat, the more see on the plate. I call this…
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Almost Famous
Years ago, my husband and I visited a small church in North Georgia. We planned to use the church for our wedding in a few weeks. So, we decided to sit for a service. The people welcomed us warmly. One lady said, “Have you been here before? You look familiar.” My husband responded, “That’s because…
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Overwhelmed By Blessings
Once, I found myself stuck in traffic. This was before cell phones and podcasts and interesting audio books. So, I had to look out the window at the world around me. Interestingly enough, the busy street I traveled, went close to a University with a duck pond. Someone had built a tiny hill near the…
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Writing Family
“God sets the lonely in families.” Psalms 68:6 NIV God blessed me with children who enjoy independence. From a young age, my son enjoyed dressing himself. While he got the pants to match the shirts, sometimes, they were inside out or backward. I would point to the seam for him to fix it. We struggled…
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Cease Striving
“Cease striving and know that I am God. I will be exalted over the nations. I will be exalted over the earth” (Psalm 46:10 NASB 1995). I took piano lessons throughout my childhood. My piano teacher made me keep track of my practice time in a little notebook. He wrote the assignment, and I tracked…