Pati L Rader

A New Discovery

Have you ever looked at something that you’re familiar with and then later discovered it wasn’t so familiar after all, only to discover it wasn’t at all what you thought you were looking at? I had been walking my dog Kippy just after a thunderstorm to make a needed visit to a patch of rockContinueContinue reading “A New Discovery”

Do I Believe That Even Now?

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful.I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 NIV Do I believe that even now? That God created me, brought me into this world, and has a plan for me? A plan that continues even when my plans have changed? A plan thatContinueContinue reading “Do I Believe That Even Now?”

July 4th Sparklers

My first memory of the Fourth of July, AKA Independence Day, is one of the sparklers with my family in the backyard of the house we were living in at the time in San Jose, California. It was the mid-1960s when I was about 8 years old. Photo by Denisha Sandoval on Pexels.com My littleContinueContinue reading “July 4th Sparklers”