Chapter Seven TRY ME…… I have spent the last several New Years Eve celebrations going to parties or sitting at home and ushering in the New Year with a bottle (or two) of champagne, watching the ball drop and making resolutions that I knew I would never keep. I would lament the previous year and [...]
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Chapter Six “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear” 1st John 4:18a. This is the truth that I have been putting into practice since the last time that I wrote to all of you. I have learned that the love of Jesus is what we all long for in this world. That [...]
Chapter Five This has been a particularly interesting week. On Monday, two rough looking men came in the restaurant to eat breakfast. I have served them before and had even intended on writing a chapter on their lives. They are former drug addicts and have recently been saved and do odd jobs for a [...]
Mr. West was a kind, unassuming man who owned and operated a gas and grocery in the middle of an “economically challenged” neighbohood for many years. I had the pleasure of getting to know him through a local restaurant that I worked at and he frequented. He always ordered the buffet, sweet tea and a cup of coffee at [...]
Chapter Three Monday. Again. Oh well, I was determined to put on a smile and go on into work the evening shift. Monday is the deadest night of the week so I simply tolerated Monday nights without expectations. This night, however, would turn out to be unforgettable. An elderly man had been in that [...]
Chapter Two ________________________________________ It was a hot, muggy August day and business had been painfully slow. I perked up when a customer came through the door and put on my best smile as I approached the table. She looked up at me with an expression that I couldn’t quite read and slowly smiled. “Today is [...]
Hello friends! My name is Karen Dunn. I live a simple life with my husband Anthony, daughter Amanda and 2 lazy cats. My job as a server in a local family restaurant is exhausting and perhaps seen by some as even degrading and unrewarding. However, the opportunities to bring joy and hope to the masses is [...]
