My Road Is Always Paved With the Best of Intentions

Last Friday I came home after work intending to clean my house. I get off at noon on Fridays and try to keep my schedule clear on Friday afternoons so I can get the house in order. And so I don’t have to do it over the weekend.
I wandered around the house picking up a [...]

The Invisible Woman

A friend emailed this to me today, and while it’s a little long (5 minutes 45 seconds), it’s worth a look. Because sometimes we need to be reminded why we do the things we do.

My Help

Psalms 121:1-2
“I lift up my eyes to the hills
Where does my strength come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
The Maker of heaven and earth.”

 
There’s an open air chapel called Pretty Place that sits on the side of the mountain just off Highway 276 at the state line between North and South Carolina.  The first line [...]

What Do You Want?

Have you ever been out with your spouse or a friend and found yourselves trying to decide what to do or where to eat? We’ve all been there and we’ve all had “that” conversation.
 
“What do you want?”
 
“I don’t know. What do you want?”
 
“I don’t care; whatever you want.”
 
This usually goes on until someone is faced [...]

Another “Not So” Wordless Wednesday – A Little Ray of Sunflowers

Today my dear friend Twila is burying her daddy. He passed away last Friday. Yesterday I had the privilege and honor of putting together the PowerPoint slide show that the family will use at today’s service.  After scanning all the photos and spending several hours cropping and sorting through the pictures, I almost felt like [...]

The Middle Man

Even before Jan Brady wailed those three, pitiful words, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” middle children all over the world have been trying to escape the shadows of their older siblings. Being an oldest child, myself, I’ve never really understood this struggle. Just ask my younger sister. I’m sure she will vouch for me!
However, when I became the [...]

Heroes

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
They come in all kinds of packages; all ages, shapes and sizes.
 
Heroes are people who, by definition, are known for feats of courage and achievement.
 
This past Saturday, two of our boys ran in a 5K race. That’s not so unusual for the oldest, considering he’s on his high school cross country team. But the youngest [...]

The Cookie Jar

I come from a large extended family. My dad had 11 brothers and sisters and my mom is from a family of 4 siblings. This translates into a whole lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. My mom and dad’s families are even more deeply enter twined due to the fact that there are marriages between [...]

This Is How You Remind Me

I take so much for granted.
I just expect to wake up each morning after having slept the night before. I automatically pull clothes from my closet to wear. And as I leave my house each morning, I don’t think about it not being there when I return in the evening.
We ran into some friends at [...]

“Mom, you need to slow down. The speed limit is 30.”

This post was originally written in November of 2006 and since I’m taking a little sabatical from blogging over the next couple of days, I thought I would turn to summer re-runs. And besides the topic still applies 2 years later.

 
I was driving my youngest to school the other morning when he glanced over at [...]