Plastics garbage bags. Dust. The precious experience of baking cookies with a grandchild. These topics and many more have been gathered as a series of articles that can be read each day or as a group, these "ponderings" that reflect the intersection of family life and the Christian faith. They are a compilation of newsletter articles that Cheryl wrote each month over a period of 35 years while serving as a Pastor's wife. She writes of motherhood, marriage, friendships and much more. You will laugh, smile and sometimes cry as you read the insights that Cheryl reveals in God's Word and how her observations impact and influence our everyday life. You will see in these ponderings that a person doesn't need to pursue some great calling beyond loving the people that surround you and following what Jesus said and did.