by Marie | Devotionals, Faith, Fathers, Marie Wells Coutu, Memories, Mended Vessels, Scars, Such a Moment, Thankfulness, Truth
As an author, I write characters with wounds and scars. Often those occurred in childhood, they are usually invisible, and they resulted in a lie (or lies) the character believes that affects his or her actions in adulthood. Just like real life. I’m sure I have...
by Marie | Christmas, Christmas traditions, Devotionals, Faith, Holidays, Marie Wells Coutu, Sacrifice, Such a Moment
While decorating for Christmas this year, I set up our ceramic nativity set and surrounded it with fake straw. This set is special to me because it was made by my father some 15 years ago. Most of his life, Daddy was a carpenter, but in his later years, he did some...
by Marie | Devotionals, Discipline, Life, Listening, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Storms, Such a Moment, Trust
The fire alarm woke me just before midnight. I was staying on the second floor of a hotel in Georgia. There’d been a false alarm during the day a few days earlier, but it shut off after a minute or two. I peeked out in the hallway and saw people leaving their...
by Marie | Authority, Devotionals, Growth, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Mended Vessels, Patience, Such a Moment
This weekend we took care of two grandchildren without their parents. It’s not the first time, but it was the first time we’d had the three-year-old granddaughter along with her older brother. Her favorite two phrases seemed to be, “I want” and...
by Marie | Devotionals, Faith, Life, Marie Wells Coutu, Patience, Prayer, Questioning God, Questioning God, Such a Moment
We spent the weekend with two of our grandchildren. We all had a great time at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and the Mall of America. However, as we left the last store, we (the adults) stopped to look at a sale item. And one tired little boy got upset...
