I was new to town, new to the state. My dad had recently passed away, our daughter nearly passed away but was chronically ill. My husband had a new job, our son, a new school. I sat in the Sunday School class and fought the tears. Everyone knew each other. You could tell there were…
It was a rare summer Wednesday evening where I actually had teaching to do with tween girls. One of the girls was back after missing several weeks for sports, so we played catch up. The unit was “Commitment to Christ.” The lesson was basically why He’s worth following. At first I…
I try to be flexible. I do. But there are some things that drive me crazy. People in the left lane going 20mph. Movie goers who take forever to open up food bags and then eat with their mouth open. And then there’s the group that veto an idea because “that’s not the way we’ve…
YAY! It’s here—the #UBP 14/2014 Ultimate Blog Party! Welcome! I’ve been an #UBP girl for years. If this is your first time, you will love it. I’m a total introvert, and this is my kind of party. Extrovert? Don’t worry. You’ll have amazing connections this week, too. I invite you to stay as long as…
According to Merriam-Webster surrender means: to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc., because you know that you will not win or succeed. : to give the control or use of (something) to someone else. Somewhere, somehow one morning in Madison Georgia as we met to discuss our next writing project we faced a…
This isn’t the best picture, but that’s why I tell people I’m an amateur nature photographer. I take them with my phone. And this happened to be while in a car that was going over a bridge on Chautauqua Lake in Upstate NY. As you know, each Sunday I share my amateur nature picture along…