by Amy Walton | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
A Photo of My Mother in Palm Beach in the 1950s With Her Beloved Silver Leaf Bracelet on Top I recently wrapped up my umpteenth Bible study in the women’s ministry program I so love and in which I co-lead a small group. We studied Priscilla Shirer’s...
by Amy Walton | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
My beautiful eldest granddaughter at age 9 My oldest granddaughter turns 16 this coming weekend. For this milestone birthday, I wrote her a letter and I listed 16 life lessons. I hope she soaks them in. Dearest Shelby, How can it be that my very beautiful and oldest...
by Amy Walton | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Note: I originally wrote this article for Holy Yoga’s monthly The Encounter. Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to God, your God. Don’t do any work—not you, nor your son,...
by Amy Walton | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Smell is one of the most powerful memory evokers there is. Certain aromas and smells can transport us right back to places and people long ago. Gardenias take me back to my Uncle Louie’s house, reminding me of my family’s somewhat annual visits from...
by Amy Walton | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Love Conquers All… We, the citizens of the United States of America, are a divided nation, and in less than 3 years we will celebrate our 250th birthday. Is it going to take a mega party to bring us all back together? During a recent fire pit gathering, a friend...
by Amy Walton | Oct 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Cindi Oakley Johnson, Mayodan Moravian Church Today is my home church’s homecoming. I say “home church,” because it’s the church I attended my entire childhood and youth and of which I remain an associate member. It provided the...
