by Patty Sampson | Aug 12, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
Here is a thought for your Friday. We often look at the weekend as a time for relaxing, a release from the pressure of the work week. But sometimes the weekend is more stressful than the week is. When we have families with special challenges, or callings at church...
by Patty Sampson | Jun 29, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
This morning I was looking through some old pictures and stumbled across one that stopped me in my tracks. There, smiling at me, was my friend Sabrina. I haven’t seen her picture in years. She died suddenly at a time in my life when there was such chaos that...
by Patty Sampson | May 22, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
There are moments when you realize you’ve become a different person. I had a couple of them today. We are away from home on a company-sponsored retreat. It was harder than usual this year to come. My seven year old son was heartbroken the night before we...
by Patty Sampson | Mar 13, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
I have a wonderful group of friends from the years we lived in Philadelphia. We lived in the same congregation while their husbands attended Temple Dental school. We were about the same age, and all had small children. We met together weekly for an epic “Mom...
by Patty Sampson | Mar 6, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
We have been so blessed this school year because my son has an exceptional teacher. He is in first grade, and has hated school since Preschool. In the USA, preschool is optional, and in Utah (where I live) Kindergarten is optional also. But he went. This year as...
by Patty Sampson | Jan 31, 2016 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
“To the world you may be only one person, but to one person you may be the world.” When I first read this quote it pierced my heart. How often do we feel insignificant, and forget the difference we make in the lives of others? When I became a mother this...
