Love Me, Love Me Not
Finding Steady Love in My Unsteady World “Mom, I want to be home-schooled… forever!” Today was the second time in a month I’ve received this dramatic, desperate message from our seventh-grade… Read more »
Our House Was On FIRE! Angels Were On Duty
It was a snowy night in December 2000, and schools had already canceled for the next day due to more snow and ice coming. That December 14th, eighteen years ago,… Read more »
Reign in Me: Who’s Holding the Reins?
I’ve been doing a lot of dog walking lately, since we adopted Ralphie, our little rescued Yorkie-Poo. He’s blind in one eye and has a cataract in the other, although… Read more »
Our Car Wreck at 60 mph: Angels on Duty! God’s Presence in Turbulent Times
The new fall 2015 season had begun, and we three “choir sisters” were excited to be traveling together again. *Sheila was driving and *Ginger was in the front passenger seat…. Read more »
His Son Died 9/11 in the First Hijacked Plane (You Won’t Believe the Rest of His Story!)
My husband and I lead the Blended Families Sunday school bible study class at our church. Although we’ve been bursting at the seams in the past for room, most of… Read more »
Preparing a Place (Welcome, Ralphie the Rescue Dog!)
Seventeen months had passed since we buried our dear fifteen-year-old Cocker Spaniel. Buddy had been a beloved family pet since he was eight weeks old, and it took a while… Read more »
America: My Grandfather (in 1776) Helped Birth This Nation… And Here We Are!
We finally landed at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC. My husband, Hank and I and over four hundred others from Oklahoma had looked forward to this trip for sixteen months!… Read more »
Floods of Blessings (But It Didn’t Look That Way)
Sitting at my home office desk a few weeks ago, I noticed some all-too-familiar ripples and bubbles in the laminate flooring. Oh, no … not again! Apparently the heavy rains the… Read more »