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Out of Bounds! “You’re out of bounds! And you’re not going to score anymore!” That was the yell coming from the boy behind me at last Friday night’s football game. He was not more than five years old, but he was completely determined to exercise his voice...
Belonging To An Ideal Friend A friend once asked me if I was a “mommy’s girl” or a “daddy’s girl.” For whatever reason, I felt embarrassed to tell her I was neither. “But!” I wanted to say, “I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” It was one of those little...
Brokenness Was Not An Option I clearly remember as a child going into a neighbor’s attic while my mother and the neighbor talked in the living room of the neighbor’s home. It’s for sure, they had given me permission to climb the stairs and entertain myself, poking...
The Beach in January It's the place to be on January 3rd. I am, however, not there and not anywhere near the ocean. Darn! I'm still putting away Christmas decorations and reflecting on 2018. Realistic Reflection Out in front of each one of us is a brand...
Life Changes in Fiction The book Christyset the tone for my life changes. My sister-in-law put a copy of Catherine Marshall's novel in my hands, otherwise I may never have read it. Her story allowed me to get alone and take myself seriously (or not so...
God Equips Willing Hearts Sometimes it happens when we least expect it, but God equips willing hearts if we ask. Every five weeks I get my hair trimmed. Richard cuts it, and he does two things to make me glad I’ve come to him and not somebody else. Aside from...
With the help of the Heavenly Father, I’m advocating for trapped individuals, and I’m seeking to point the victims of human trafficking and other bondage issues—trapped individuals—toward a life worth living, to abundant life and how to claim it. So how could...
A Child Sees Brokenness I clearly remember as a child, going into a neighbor’s attic while my mother and a neighbor talked in the living room of the neighbor’s home. I had permission to climb the stairs and entertain myself by poking around up there. The place offered...
A friend recently asked me if I was a “mommy’s girl” or a “daddy’s girl.” For whatever reason I felt embarrassed to tell her I was neither. “But,” I wanted to say, “I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” It is, however, no joke that as a young person I...
Out of Bounds! “You’re out of bounds! And you’re not going to score anymore!” That was the yell coming from the boy behind me at last Friday night’s football game. He was not more than five years old, but he was completely determined to exercise his voice...
Belonging To An Ideal Friend A friend once asked me if I was a “mommy’s girl” or a “daddy’s girl.” For whatever reason, I felt embarrassed to tell her I was neither. “But!” I wanted to say, “I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” It was one of those little...
Brokenness Was Not An Option I clearly remember as a child going into a neighbor’s attic while my mother and the neighbor talked in the living room of the neighbor’s home. It’s for sure, they had given me permission to climb the stairs and entertain myself, poking...
The Beach in January It's the place to be on January 3rd. I am, however, not there and not anywhere near the ocean. Darn! I'm still putting away Christmas decorations and reflecting on 2018. Realistic Reflection Out in front of each one of us is a brand...
Life Changes in Fiction The book Christyset the tone for my life changes. My sister-in-law put a copy of Catherine Marshall's novel in my hands, otherwise I may never have read it. Her story allowed me to get alone and take myself seriously (or not so...
God Equips Willing Hearts Sometimes it happens when we least expect it, but God equips willing hearts if we ask. Every five weeks I get my hair trimmed. Richard cuts it, and he does two things to make me glad I’ve come to him and not somebody else. Aside from...
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“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
“Be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, And tolerant of the weak… Because someday in your life you will be all of these.”
George Washington Carver
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