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Getting Back to It

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Pam

Not a drop or a dribble – Not a bite or a nibble

I like new beginnings. I was talking to myself before I got out of bed, which was miserable. Hardly any sleep and I’m heading out on a plane tomorrow morning. I struggle with discipline when the temptations mount and the trigger is Thanksgiving. For shame on me. The poundage does not double but more veggies could replace the cookies some wonderful friends have baked and delivered. I did some of that so multiplied the temptations for my friends! Are we blessing each other or trading questionable habits? Cookies are not the enemy but the volume of cookies. The reference above is what popped into my head, with anger, when I realized the sleepless in Seattle situation might be another soldier-barista making another loaded coffee when I asked and paid for a decaf. You cannot trust them when they are busy. I’m sorry, Mercurys, but there is no excuse and I want a refund. Today I had veggies for lunch and decaf coffee for breakfast (along with some delicious cranberry bread – baked by yours truly). Tonight super plums will dance in my head because I will be asleep. No caffeine – coffee or chocolate. Look at all of the new that is coming your way with January first just a week away! We can be faithful in all things that the Lord has called us to and put away the old.

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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