I don’t know how to start this post; I don’t even know what to say. The events of the last month compounded with the atmosphere of this entire year have made my soul restless. As I watched the stories unfold and the riots ensue, I was filled with tremendous sadness. George Floyd could have been […]
My brother and I used to do this to each other all that time… We would do something mischievous, get caught, and get a one on one lecture from one of our parents. If we felt like the other deserved a lecture, in passing, we would say “Mom wants to talk to you.” And send […]
One of my favorite stories in the Bible is when Jesus heals the demon possessed man at the Gerasenes. This man is legitimately crazy. He lives in a graveyard (naked) and is so insanely strong that chains can’t hold him. I picture him with crazy hair and covered in filth. You could probably smell him […]
I figuratively hit a wall last week. Last weekend, after cooking my 6th meal in a row, I almost lost it. It really wasn’t the cooking that did me in. It was the prepping, cooking, eating, and clean up which only left me room to do a load of laundry before this cycle started all […]
There is a bird that lives in the trees behind my house. It’s not my bird; it doesn’t even live in my yard. But I know it’s there. Every morning, from March until November, at the first glimmer of dawn, this bird starts to sing. It starts off with a few notes and within an […]
A few nights ago, I had a dream. In my dream, I was alone, trying to find my way home in a very bad storm. I knew that my journey home was going to be a long one- I was going from Galveston (a beach town on the coast of Texas) back home to Plano […]
In Mark 6, Jesus performs a miracle of feeding 5,000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish. The disciples pass out the food and then collect 12 baskets of leftovers. After this, they hop on a boat and float out to the middle of a lake. In the middle of the night, the wind picks […]
Here’s another installment of books imitating life (or vice versa). Tonight, we get a zoology lesson. My kids love animals; so we have a ton of books about animals. One of their favorite books is a book called “Predator Splashdown”. The book is a series of battle match ups between various water dwelling animals. They […]
My husband and I ended 2019 with the flu. In 15 years of marriage, we have never both been sick simultaneously. I do not recommend it. It started on a Friday. We both felt ragged and run down but thought it was just the symptom of a long week with a holiday in the middle. […]
I have an irrational fear. I take that back… I have several irrational fears. Most of mine are about driving… I have an irrational fear of cars coming unhooked from car haulers on the highway. (I think that one is from the movies!) I have a fear of the retaining walls that they put up […]
Men & Marriage: Part 3 The Early & Latter Years
The honeymoon is over. You and your spouse have started living life together as one!! 👰🏽♀️🤵🏽♂️ Exciting times! You’re buying your first house, expecting your first child. Everything is great…until it’s NOT! It seems EVERYONE