Debbie Hardy, Author at Inspire A Fire

Honor God And Country

July 22, 2020 Debbie Hardy America, Family, Fire Starters, Relationships, Relationships, Waiting

How do we show honor?
Do we show honor?

My Son, the Daddy

June 24, 2020 Debbie Hardy Father, Fire Starters, Love, parenting, Relationships

Isolation during the pandemic has been stressful, to say the least. Some of us are totally alone, since we have no family in the house with us. Others feel trapped at home with energetic or

Playing the Game

May 27, 2020 Debbie Hardy Fire Starters, Freedom, Inspiration, inspire a fire, Single again

How is your video gaming going during this stay-at-home time? I’ve become pretty proficient on my phone. In fact, my win percentage for Free Cell is over 65% and Castle is over 70%. Not that

Don’t Just Go in Peace

April 22, 2020 Debbie Hardy Culture, Faith, Family, Fire Starters, Focus on the good, Inspiration, Relationships, Waiting

Our theme for this month is “Peace.” How appropriate is that in the midst of this turmoil? It’s hard to find peace when you’re stuck in your house with kids in school who are expecting

Be Gentle

March 25, 2020 Debbie Hardy America, Culture, Family, Fire Starters, Focus on the good, hope, Inspiration, Intimacy, Love, parenting, Relationships, Relationships

Now that we are all (or almost all) hunkered down to protect ourselves and each other from the pandemic, let’s rethink our relationships. And what do our relationships there look like? Most of our personal

Am I Love?

February 26, 2020 Debbie Hardy Fire Starters, Focus on the good, Love, Relationships, Relationships

1 Corinthians 13 is known as the love chapter, but did you realize that Paul was talking about you in there? If you take the word “love” and change it to your name, you’ll see

Warmth in winter, or Whenever We Need IT

January 29, 2020 Debbie Hardy Family, Fire Starters, Mom, Relationships

Sitting in my kitchen, watching my boys tubing down the small slope in our backyard, I was warm. They were not. Even in the snow, they had fun: sliding, crashing into the bushes, and climbing

Alone But not Lonely on Christmas

December 25, 2019 Debbie Hardy Christmas, Fire Starters, Holiday, inspire a fire

Today is Christmas and I’m alone. No family get-together. No gift exchange. No big meal. No jingle belling or singing carols around the piano. But don’t feel sorry for me. I’m in my jammies, watching

Thankful in All Things

November 28, 2019 Debbie Hardy Faith, Fire Starters, God makes all things possible, Holiday, Thankfulness, thanksgiving

The sound of a dentist’s drill is the most frightening sound to me. Right up there with the sound of a velociraptor breathing down my neck. Thanks to family genes, my teeth tend to fall

Choosing Leaders

October 24, 2019 Debbie Hardy Fire Starters, Leadership

It’s that time again. No, not the “let’s go look at fall colors” time or pumpkin-spice latte time. Not even jack o’lantern time. Well, actually it is time for all of those, but I’m talking