by Marie | Devotionals, Dreams, Expectations, Faith, future, Goals, Learn, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Opportunity, Such a Moment
It’s summer, and sometimes we need a break. So I’m repeating one of my favorite posts. Perhaps it’s just the reminder you need today. Do you have a dream? Is there something you have always wanted to do since you were a child? Is there something you...
by Marie | Advice, Faith, Marie Wells Coutu, Self-identity, Such a Moment, Truth
Are you a fixer-upper like me? I’m not talking about rehabbing houses–or even making minor repairs, although I enjoy restoring or updating houses to give them new life. I’m talking about “fixing” other people–giving advice, seeing...
by Marie | 4th Of July, Devotionals, Faith, Freedom, Holidays, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Such a Moment
This week in America, we will celebrate our freedom. There’ll be fireworks, parades, flag-waving, patriotic music, and cookouts. No doubt, there will also be demonstrations, protests, and division. Because of our Constitution, we have the freedom to express...
by Marie | Faith, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Rescue, Storms, Such a Moment
I know we’re not alone in feeling like it has rained enough this spring. Iowa, which has only a handful of decent recreational lakes, currently appears to rival Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes–only most are flooded cornfields, wet lawns, and water-filled...
by Marie | Blessings, Devotionals, Faith, Heart, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Medicine, Museums, Such a Moment
A visit to a medical museum in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, last week reminded me how grateful I am to live in this time period. A hundred years ago, a lung problem might have been treated–if at all–by putting the patient in an iron lung–a huge...
by Marie | Children, Devotionals, Faith, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Such a Moment, Truth, Weeds
A farmer friend talked about his five grandchildren. “They’re growing like pigweeds,” he said, laughing. He explained that a single plant seems harmless enough but if you look closely at it, the pigweed plant contains hundreds of seeds and, before...
by Marie | Faith, Fathers, Gratitude, Joy, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Memories, Names of God, security, Such a Moment
With Father’s Day less than two weeks away, my thoughts drift back to one of my favorite childhood memories of my daddy. I had fallen and cut my knee open on a gravel driveway. Today, the injury would probably warrant stitches but our family had no insurance and...
by Marie | Faith, Holidays, Joy, Life, Love, Marie Wells Coutu, Memorials, Mended Vessels, Mother's Day, Such a Moment, Traditions
At the beginning of the movie Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye proclaims, “Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as… as a fiddler on the roof!” We celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, and I thought about a tradition we had when I was...
