A former pastor smiled and shared an observation with me. “Your face is like an open book. I can read it and know exactly what you’re thinking.” He meant it in fun, but that comment stayed with me. Have you ever been so moved by an event that it showed? So shaken over...
The idea for this blog originated from a text message I sent, checking on my friend Bonny before Hurricane Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast. I shared with her that it was also the day my husband suffered a fatal medical issue. She wrote these...
As our long summer days end, I find myself weeding, trimming and even pulling up plants from my flower beds. I tried to tend to my garden to keep it healthy by trimming, fertilizing and watering. Many days I found it in a hot mess. Those potato vines went crazy this...
We witnessed the magnificent view from a distance. Experiencing it up close was quite a different story. After viewing Whitewater Falls in North Carolina from a lookout point, my sons and I took a side trail to the top of the waterfall. Halfway there we stopped to...
I found a scribbled note from a church service in my luggage. A 20-year-old note. Wow. I don’t know how it got in the bag. The note just appeared. Apparently at the right time. Everyone has an Egypt – a place where God is moving and directing. It’s not an issue of who...
My son experienced a once-in-a-lifetime adventure this summer. Hiking to the summit of a 12,000-foot mountain in Colorado, he and a few other high school boys celebrated their achievement with excitement and a song. That exhilaration prompted them to dip themselves in...