Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: Iris

  • Appointment

    Sacred Stories

    The cardiologist her husband had seen while in the hospital was moving to a different practice in another city. She had been trying to get her husband established with this doctor.

    She had called previously, but they were not able yet to make an appointment.

    She just had the urge this morning so she called the number she had been given a couple of weeks prior.

    “We just got a message today that we can begin scheduling for him,” came the reply.

    They made an appointment….

    “I did not catch your name,” she said as she thanked the receptionist who had just made the appointment.

    “My name is Iris,” she replied.

    “Iris is such a beautiful name and it has special meaning to me,” she told the woman.

    (See previous Sacred Story: Dental Floss)

  • Coke!

    Sacred Stories

    They were on their way to an out-of-town major league baseball game. Their infant daughter was going to spend the night with a friend.

    For the first time maybe in her life, the previous day she was thinking that a Coke™ sounded good. (She had never liked pop!)

    She was feeling very sad about leaving her daughter, and went into the grocery store for drinks for the road.

    When she reached into the cooler her daughter’s name on the Coke™ bottle….

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Dental Floss

    Sacred Stories

    Sunday was the first night she spent in her new home. Awake Monday at 3:30 am her mind went to all the unpacking still needing to be done. She got up and quietly worked in the master bathroom as her husband slept in the adjacent bedroom. Sorting the significant assortment of sample-sized dental floss her eyes landed on one very unusual one.

    Her breath stopped. Tears of joy trickled down her cheeks.

    Her very dear friend had just given birth to a baby girl late Saturday night. This was an especially significant birth since this mom had a twin daughter live only three-and-one-half days 20 months prior.

    At 8:28 am, the new mom sent her a text message, “How was night #1?”

    “I could ask you the same thing!” she responded. “Mine was good, but short. I resisted the urge to send a text message to you at 4:00 am while I was up organizing the master bathroom and found this:”

    “LOL. I was up!”

    This precious new baby girl’s name is Iris!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.