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I plugged in my straight iron and sat down on the little stool in my bathroom. The week had been a long one. What started out as a fever and a cough quickly escalated. Within a week span, my husband went from a no big deal urgent care visit to three appointments with three different

It was almost closing time and a cup of hot soup was calling my name. After returning from the soup aisle, I sent my technician home for the night. Business was winding down and I was looking forward to a slow uneventful last hour. Just me and my soup. But the silence was short lived.

Over two thousand years ago, Mary and Joseph were assigned a task. The task of introducing baby Jesus to this world. Imagine. Joseph requests the window seat. He can’t wait to show his baby the view. And for the first time, Baby Jesus looks out at a world, a world He created. Fellow passengers ooh

Call it a midlife crisis, but the past few months have been different for me. Not bad different. Just different different. I celebrated a birthday….and so did my son. He turned seventeen! I can’t think of a more fun and exciting season of life. And earlier this year, that same son got his driver’s license.

I love Thanksgiving and I LOVE the day after Thanksgiving! The day my mother-in-love makes turkey cutlets with all the left over turkey. It’s become an annual tradition for our family (not to mention a family favorite). Mom’s cutlets are amazing. Thankfully, she was kind enough to share the recipe with our Whispers & Fringes

Encouraging thoughts from our friend, Renee Thomas. Driving home from a recent trip to Houston, my family and I turned on the radio. Although we were tuned to the right station,  we could only hear static.  But as we continued to drive and got closer to the source of the signal, the station became clearer and

Hot showers, a warm cup of tea, fuzzy socks and straight irons….there is always something to be thankful for. Last Thanksgiving, I went over the A,B,C’s of gratitude. It’s a simple but fun exercise I learned from Max Lucado’s book, “Before Amen.”  In fact, it was so much fun, I thought to do it again! 

I am a practicalist.  (I don’t know if that’s even a proper word, but it seems to describe me quite well). Life has to make sense…and if possible, I would like to have all the details ironed out before I take a single step forward in a new or different direction. But the more I read

Years ago, as my family and I were on our way to church, we stopped at a nearby convenience store. My husband’s parents were with us and my father in law just needed to run inside and buy some mints (a must have for before and after church fellowship). Before my father in law could

From the time my boys were old enough to ask questions, my husband’s response to difficult topics has not changed. “Boys, it’s not about what I say or think about a particular issue or what you or your friends say or think about that issue….all that matters is what the Bible says about the issue.”