Happy National Day of Encouragement!
I’m regularly amazed by the addition of holidays to the calendar which I never knew existed. I’m not just talking about silly ones like...
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- Oct 31, 2022
Remembering why I'm here
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you buy a ticket for a movie, sit down in the theater, watch a bunch of commercials, followed by a slew...
- Nov 22, 2021
A grateful heart
I have a sign in my kitchen which has been there for more than a decade. It reads: “GIVE THANKS: Oh Thou, who has given us so much,...
- Jun 21, 2021
Deadheading
I enjoy being outside in the summer, especially in the morning before the sun sends down the full force of its intensity. One of my...
- May 10, 2021
Forget yourself
When my husband and I were first married, we lived in an apartment which was conveniently located right next to a Kroger. There were many...
- Feb 22, 2021
Hold my ladder
As a homeowner, there are plenty of jobs most of us just don’t enjoy doing: weed-eating, grout-cleaning, baseboard-dusting, etc....
- Feb 14, 2021
All my strength
At my church, we’ve been studying the book of Deuteronomy. Last week, we heard a sermon from Deuteronomy 6, which contains one of my...
- Nov 30, 2020
Hope for an untangled future
Per our usual tradition, my family put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. (By the way, this isn’t a discussion...
- Jun 29, 2020
On the lookout for angels
Since the task of feeding our family of 6 falls to me, I spend a lot of time in grocery stores. For the most part, I’m a Kroger girl and...
- Mar 23, 2020
Tag team
When my twin daughters were newborns, they kept me moving. Seeing as how they were helpless in every way, there was always something to...
- Feb 24, 2020
Have mercy!
Last week, I went into a store and left with a really interesting life lesson. The woman who worked there and I were discussing the...
- Dec 16, 2019
Be the gift
How did I end up sitting on this metal bench next to a Customer Service desk? I just wanted two $25 gift cards, but instead the cashier...
- Jul 8, 2019
Volunteer tomato plants
I aspire to have a magnificent garden someday. In my imagination, I grow heirloom tomatoes, delicate lettuces and beans with cranberry...
- Jun 7, 2019
Why we do difficult things
Parenting is hard. This is the eternal truth I was pondering as I rubbed the back of my ankle right after my older son slammed into it...
- Apr 30, 2019
Testing
There’s plenty of talk about standardized testing these days. Do they make kids too stressed? Do we test enough? Too much? Are they an...
- Apr 15, 2019
Bearing with one another
Last week I was honored to speak at a Mother/Daughter Tea at a church in town. It was a lovely event with tea and coffee and cupcakes and...
- Feb 15, 2019
Cheerleader
I was never a cheerleader in school. For most anyone who knows me (or who has seen me attempt to clap and sing simultaneously in church...
- Dec 28, 2018
A Golden Afternoon
For the first 6 ½ years of our marriage, my husband and I lived in Memphis. The majority of that time was spent in a modest, brick house...
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