Living Life as a Miracle: Mother Speaks Up

Living Life as a Miracle: Mother Speaks Up

Ten years ago, days before my birthday, my mother suffered a massive stroke. An incident that brought me to church, a miraculous God-incidence that I have testified and written about. You can purchase the book on my website, pjcolando.com It was also a few days before...
Pride isn’t Power

Pride isn’t Power

For our 12th anniversary my husband gave me a significant ring. He also made a significant promise: that we’d travel abroad at least once/year for the rest of our lives. We’d achieved his travel goal of seeing all of our magnificent 50 states first,...
Brows

Brows

I had a beauty make-over in the 80s at Image Works with my splendid friend, Sandi Clark. The purpose was to authenticate my adulthood, my move from co-ed to professional woman, if you will. she added lipstick to ‘bring color to my face’, overriding the...
Life as a Miracle: Narelle and Ed

Life as a Miracle: Narelle and Ed

My husband and I revel in travel. We’ve been to all 50 states and 40 countries in the world. Hurrah! Our travel agent is a fortunate man because we usually bring our trips to him, so that he books appropriate air travel and the occasional side excursion,...
Water

Water

Okay. I confess. We washed my car last week. In our driveway. At home. In drought-cursed California. My thinking was simple: we’d been gone a month on vacation, so our water usage declined. No laundry, no toilet flushing, no dishwasher run. There was still the...