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...
by Marie | Devotionals, Faith, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Seashells, Secrets, Such a Moment, Truth
Collecting shells at the beach is almost mandatory, especially if you live inland and don’t get to visit the ocean very often. We have jars of shells collected from beaches in Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Florida. We even have a...
by Marie | Devotionals, Eternity, Faith, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Such a Moment, Truth
The man had struck a pedestrian with his car. Or so we thought. We passed a car stopped at a corner the other day and realized the driver was a man we knew. He stood, looking bewildered, with his door open. Another car was stopped nearby. Our friend is older than we...
by Marie | Blessings, Devotionals, Hope, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Storms, Such a Moment
Who doesn’t love to see a rainbow in the sky? Rainbows are caused, according to Wikipedia, ” by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It...
by Marie | Devotionals, Eternity, Faith, Goals, Hope, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Such a Moment, Truth
Do you ever wonder where your weird dreams come from? The other night, I dreamed I was supposed to act in a play. Now, my second major in college was drama and I’ve been in numerous productions. But in this dream, I had signed up to work backstage managing...
