I tried to give Mom something to look forward to. After Dad passed, I promised I would take her anywhere she desired. Being a world traveler, I imagined what she would choose. Her first response [Read more...]
A thirteen-year-old girl, maybe fourteen but most certainly not more than sixteen…the chosen one? Not a gal from a wealthy family. Not a gal with a prominent Dad or a PTA president Momma, but she does [Read more...]
Jett and I used to play a game of happy/sad as he toddled. He thought it hilarious for me to say “happy” and we both grinned, and then “sad” and we made a frowny face. Faster and faster we went until [Read more...]
All I spy are hot pink toenails on swollen feet, spilling out over glittery sky-high sandals. But stuck beside her, I overhear every syllable of the cringe-worthy conversation. “Hey babe, your [Read more...]
Hi Friend! We can’t contain our excitement! Today is the day! GRACED: My Mess is Not the Boss of Me is now available on Amazon. After 3 years of writing and re-writing and writing [Read more...]
(Our new book will land on Amazon in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd share one of the devotionals:) The drive-thru barista knows my dirty little secret. Tinted windows befriend me because [Read more...]
2020 tiptoed in lamblike. Now halfway gone, we reel as the year morphed from sheep to monster. Our unprecedented events—rampant disease, record unemployment, and hate-filled riots—forever splayed [Read more...]
Downtown crowds make me wary in light of the mass riots. But my unease defused once I realized the mood of this sign waving cluster. They did it right. A peaceful protest with a code of [Read more...]
Would you want to know when you were going to die? The date. The time. The place. The how? I fear with a deadline of my mortality looming I would begin a panicked list, beanstalk high, of what I [Read more...]
As Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and breathed deep the morning air, He knew this final journey into Jerusalem would unroll the last bittersweet pages to His life on this earth. The gentle [Read more...]