by Darlene Schacht | Mar 16, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
My first job was at a tire store, and I was terrible at it. I was great with cash, but that’s pretty much where it ended. The roof could have caved in on a customer, and I would have said, “Would you like a bag with that, ma’am?” I guess you...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 15, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
My granddaughter is adorable, but let me warn you–she’s nearing the terrible two’s. They label those years for a reason. It’s not in our nature to share toys, to patiently wait for our food, or to put up with discomfort. Just like our kids, we were...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 14, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
My son and I went for a drive today. I guess you could say that we took a trip down memory lane, as we drove through our old neighborhood and past his childhood home. It’s been 20 years since we lived in that house, 20 years since we played in that park, 20...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 10, 2021 | Scattered Seeds
John Courson once said, “Lust is like a fire. The more you feed it, the hotter it gets and the more it demands.” I can relate to that feeling too well. The first and only time I bought something on Ebay, I was overcome by my lust. I wanted a vintage...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 9, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
Drawn from My Archives I was speaking to a friend the other day who was struggling with this quickly changing world. “It doesn’t make sense.” She said. “Why would God bring me this far, and then take it all away?” “Could it...
by Darlene Schacht | Mar 9, 2021 | Scattered Seeds, Uncategorized
My son Brendan is a bit of a brainiac. We started to notice that he was unique when he was about three-years-old. That’s when he started to read sentences and point out words like “Australia” on the globe. I remember taking him into a toy store one...
