by Deb Kalmbach | acceptance, aging parents, change, encouragement, faith, God's faithfulness, life
Change is something I’ve always resisted. From the time I was 13- years old and my dad announced we were moving from my small Midwestern hometown to a quaint “village” in Pennsylvania, to all the current changes, including retiring from my day job....
by Deb Kalmbach | encouragement, goal setting, life, personal growth
It’s hard to believe 2017 is right around the corner. It seems like I blinked and now it’s mid-November. Approaching year’s-end gets me thinking about what I’ve accomplished during the previous 12 months. Goal-setting has always been...
by Deb Kalmbach | comfort, encouragement, faith, fear, God's faithfulness, hope, life, Uncategorized
This past week, the topic of conversation nearly everywhere I went, was the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris. The horror of what happened there and in other places–Lebanon, Nigeria, and now Mali, is beyond belief. How can this happen? How can a group of people...
by Deb Kalmbach | aging parents, comfort, dads, encouragement, grief, hope, life
My brother posted this picture of our dad on Facebook on what would have been his 87th birthday. Dad passed away on January 1 and it still doesn’t seem quite real that he’s gone. Friends who have lost loved ones have told me the “firsts” are...