This year as part of our Christmas break adventures, we decided to take a road trip to Atlanta to visit some family. We left on Saturday afternoon and planned a stop for the night at a halfway point between Dallas and Atlanta. After a quick stop in Shreveport, my husband and I switched places, putting me at […]
I remember going to India during Christmas as a child. I was very, very young and remember very little about the trip, but I do remember this simple Christmas decoration. It was a paper lantern in the shape of a star. The star was perforated so that you could place a light inside that would shine through the small openings. To my young […]
The last few Saturdays, I have been getting up and going for a run. This is a huge accomplishment for me. We were finally in a season where we have no commitments on Saturday mornings, and the weather has finally cooled down. I have been able to get up, get the kids settled and just […]
My Favorite Post: My Family My daughter is the younger of my two children. She is a really funny kid- she is a ball of energy. She talks all the time- there is a running narrative of her thoughts. She wants to tell me everything. It gets more passionate as she becomes tired (I don’t know […]
So, the election is finally over. I surely won’t miss those commercials! Did you go vote? I hope you did! Did you stay up last night to watch the results? I did, too. Maybe your candidate won or maybe they didn’t. I’m actually not here to discuss the politics or issues or endorse a person or party, […]
Last week, I was in the grocery store with my daughter. We were talking about something and through the course of our conversation, she grew more and more excited until she began screaming. They were happy screams but still screams. I told her to stop screaming, and she looked me dead in the eyes and screamed again. […]
In 2 Kings 6: 1-5, we read about Elisha and the floating axe head. Elisha and his company of prophets have decided that they are going to build a place for all of them to live together. While they are cutting down a tree, one of the axe heads breaks and falls into the water. […]
I went to bed last night knowing that I was going to have a rough day at work today. I woke up this morning at 4 am with a pounding headache. “What a way to start an already miserable day”, I thought as I stumbled to the kitchen in the dark. I took some medicine and […]
I heard a bit of this sermon on the way to church last week and something in my spirit spurred me to find it online and listen to it completely. Somewhere in my spirit, I had been wallowing in discouragement, waiting for God to show up in certain situations with lightening and thunder and mountains moving. […]
I love football season. This is the time of year that I am permanently attached to my couch every Sunday afternoon. It’s also a great excuse to hang out with friends and eat junk food. One of my favorite appetizers to munch on is queso. Easy to make and always a hit. So, I was intrigued by this […]
What Do You Believe?
I am not good enough. For most of my life, those are the five words I have repeatedly said. I believed this to be true because I told myself: I’m just a girl. I’m not
