Mended Vessels

Daddy & little girl walking — As an author, I write characters with wounds and scars. Often those occurred in childhood, they are usually invisible, and they resulted in a lie (or lies) the character believes that affects his or her actions in adulthood. Just like real life. I’m sure I have wounds that have influenced […]

Scars Remind Us of Our History

29 Oct, 2018 in Devotionals / Faith / Fathers / Marie Wells Coutu / Memories / Mended Vessels / Scars / Such a Moment / Thankfulness / Truth tagged children / Christ / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / Jesus / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / scars / wounds / Writing by mcoutu

My mother — Advice your mother gave you stays with you all your life, right? When I was a college freshman and going on a spring break trip to New York City with friends, my mother sent me off with this advice: “Remember who you are and what you represent.” At the time, […]

Best Advice Mother Ever Gave Me

13 Aug, 2018 in Advice / Expectations / Faith / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Memories / Mended Vessels / Mothers / Such a Moment / Words tagged advice / Christ / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / Jesus / life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Mother / relationships by mcoutu

Parking-never back up — My husband tries to avoid backing up in a parking lot. It’s dangerous, he says. Whenever possible, he chooses a space where he can pull through–not so he can exit faster, but so he can see what’s coming and avoid being hit by someone else who is backing up. He’s […]

Never Back Up

30 Jul, 2018 in Advice / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Such a Moment / Truth tagged Christ / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / Jesus / life / Marie Wells Coutu / repentance / Trust / Truth by mcoutu

It’s summer, and sometimes we need a break. So I’m repeating one of my favorite posts. Perhaps it’s just the reminder you need today. Do you have a dream? Is there something you have always wanted to do since you were a child? Is there something you have discovered recently […]

Do You Have a Dream?

23 Jul, 2018 in Devotionals / Dreams / Expectations / Faith / future / Goals / Learn / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Opportunity / Such a Moment tagged Dreams / Faith / For Such a Moment / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Writing by mcoutu

pigweed — A farmer friend talked about his five grandchildren. “They’re growing like pigweeds,” he said, laughing. He explained that a single plant seems harmless enough but if you look closely at it, the pigweed plant contains hundreds of seeds and, before you know it, the one weed has multiplied and taken […]

Growing Like Pigweeds

11 Jun, 2018 in Children / Devotionals / Faith / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Such a Moment / Truth / Weeds by mcoutu

White rose tradition — At the beginning of the movie Fiddler on the Roof, Tevye proclaims, “Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as… as a fiddler on the roof!” We celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, and I thought about a tradition we had when I was growing up. The tradition was to […]

Traditions, Traditions!

14 May, 2018 in Faith / Holidays / Joy / Life / Love / Marie Wells Coutu / Memorials / Mended Vessels / Mother's Day / Such a Moment / Traditions tagged Faith / Faithfulness / For Such a Moment / God / Holidays / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Mother's Day / reunions / roses / traditions by mcoutu

Collecting shells at the beach is almost mandatory, especially if you live inland and don’t get to visit the ocean very often. We have jars of shells collected from beaches in Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Florida. We even have a book to help identify them–not that […]

Shells Hide Amazing Secrets

30 Apr, 2018 in Devotionals / Faith / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Seashells / Secrets / Such a Moment / Truth tagged creation / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / seashells / secrets by mcoutu

sight — The man had struck a pedestrian with his car. Or so we thought. We passed a car stopped at a corner the other day and realized the driver was a man we knew. He stood, looking bewildered, with his door open. Another car was stopped nearby. Our friend is older […]

What You See Isn’t Always What Is

23 Apr, 2018 in Devotionals / Eternity / Faith / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Such a Moment / Truth tagged appearances / Christ / Faith / For Such a Moment / Jesus / life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / sight / Trust / Truth by mcoutu

Stage of my dreams — Do you ever wonder where your weird dreams come from? The other night, I dreamed I was supposed to act in a play. Now, my second major in college was drama and I’ve been in numerous productions. But in this dream, I had signed up to work backstage managing props. […]

What’s Your Nightmare?

9 Apr, 2018 in Devotionals / Eternity / Faith / Goals / Hope / Life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Such a Moment / Truth tagged Christ / Dreams / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / Jesus / life / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / preparation / thankfulness / Trust by mcoutu

Cross equals Love — Maybe I don’t know love at all. There’s an old song to that effect, and as I sat in Easter services this past weekend, I realized how true it is. Oh, I love my husband immensely, and I know he loves me. I love my children and my grandchildren so […]

I Don’t Know Love

2 Apr, 2018 in Cross / Death / Devotionals / Faith / Gratitude / Life / Love / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Mercy / Rescue / Sacrifice / Such a Moment tagged Christ / Easter / Faith / For Such a Moment / God / Good Friday / Jesus / life / love / Marie Wells Coutu / Mended Vessels / Sacrifice by mcoutu