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Five Darling, Cuddly—and Deadly!—Baby Mice
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford My mother was in the attic sorting out boxes, when her expression suddenly became grave. I looked into the box and saw five darling baby mice nestled together. I was charmed. (I was only four years old, and...
What Should You Do with Your Own High Expectations?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford This week I read a quotation from Helen Keller, the remarkable woman born blind and deaf, who used her life so gloriously for good. She wrote something remarkable for a blind woman to say: “The loss of sight is...
Why Would God Give an 83-Year-Old Woman Cancer?
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford All of her friends were upset when our dear friend told us she’d been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and faced immediate surgery. She’s old (by our reckoning), lives alone, has rather meager resources...
The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford My husband Walt was an ardent mountaineer, growing up in Seattle. He and his aged father even did a 3-day backpack into the Three Sisters, peaks each over 10,000 feet in the Cascade Mountains. Walt could walk into a...
When I’m Afraid
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford Friends of mine both work for the federal government. During covid, they worked from home, and as soon as they could, they returned to their offices. But the husband is deeply worried now that they might be furloughed....
