May/June 2025 ruthjimward@gmail.com Google: Ruth Ward Blogs As May inched toward June, and I was motivated to clean the bottom of my closet, I vividly recalled our mother’s yearly spring-cleaning routine, involving salvaging outgrown but good clothing or shoes, and tossing rubble, encountering and tossing a…
ruthjimward@gmail.com On a Sunday, before I was fully awake, my mind focused on the word, priorities. As I began to dress, a deluge of priority ideas prompting some quick note-taking caused me to wonder whether that subject was in-the-running for April’s blog. Kay would be picking me…
The word ROUTINE, bouncing in my mind for several days, is now bouncing to you. From the vantage point of observing three-year-olds, applying their first semblance of routine in dressing themselves and lining up toys and blocks while older siblings are at school, to 90-year-olds who employ routine for the…
ruthjimward@gmail.com /Google: Ruth Ward blogs “That’s me!” a doctor declared after I shared the title and purpose of this blog. “I started out preparing for a medical doctor but changed to another which has been much better.” Redirection is often considered negatively, or if uprooting is involved,…
Made for a Reason Jan. 14, 2025 ruthjimward@gmail.com or Google: Ruth Ward’s Blogs “I shop with a list”, a friend said as we compared grocery shopping routines. “But last week my husband tagged along. He questioned why I missed going down every aisle, and I told him…
Family and Friends ruthjimward@gmail.com Google: Ruth Ward blogs: A Blessed Christmas and a Peaceful and Meaningful New Year. When my friend Judi shared recently, “When I was an adult, before Christmas, my mom always asked me what she could get me for Christmas, and I’d always reply,…
Recently, when figuring out how to keep a Velcro-brace on a sprained ankle dry in the shower, it occurred to me that years ago I had an apparatus that did just that. It would be on the shelf in my closet if I still had it. As I rummaged through…
ruthjimward@gmail.com Google: Ruth Ward Blogs. Reclaiming Memories is a tribute to Jim Ward during his birthday month, celebrating his faithfulness and humility in passing on his personal understanding and experiences regarding God’s unfailing love and plans for His children. Sharing a loving marital relationship, parenting and a…