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Scatter Joy

Posted on February 2, 2024February 2, 2024 by Pam

There are people who are blessed by their name. Pamela means honey and I continue to work on being sweeter. I met a student at YWAM named Joy and her smile was infectious. What a beautiful person. I have been making frequent trips to the post office lately and am a sucker for the cards/stationary they sell while we wait in the shorter lines (vs the holiday lines that went for miles). A card said, scatter joy and next to it one said, glitter is always an option. What a lovely thought. I love glitter but most people cannot endure the messiness that comes with it. I am downsizing my craft-stuff and parted with some of that sparkly stuff. I’m trying to say that, hovering above the mundane of today, there may be opportunities to scatter joy. How did you do that today? I met a new friend, Ann, at a walking track today. I am long so can walk fast. Ann needed a walker. We paired up and had fun getting acquainted. I learned about her life. She scattered joy and I had to slow down to get some of the glitter. I met Hala later. She checked my purchase at a shop and, as an international, told me about the meaning of her name. I could have missed it had I not engaged her. Other people have blessed me today. We keep sprinkling the glitter and sharing the joy. God sees us and we see others. He knows our ways and our wants. He predestined us according to His foreknowledge of us. He also knows our weaknesses. God knows where we are at all times. This is simple and easy.

"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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