Several months ago, we ran into some old friends at a wedding. We asked about their move to a new home, and the husband replied with a smile, “We used to have awesome neighbors. Now we have awesome opportunities.” His comment has replayed itself over and over again in my mind as I’ve pondered how […]
My daughter’s birthday is right around the corner, and as per usual, I texted her to ask for a list of gift suggestions. Little kids are happy with anything, but bigger kids have developed an individual sense of style. No sense spending money on something they neither like nor need. She mentioned a pair of […]
Paper towels Milk Butter Chicken Toilet paper Beans Laundry detergent Fruit Cereal I’m making out my grocery list … again … and I sigh as I think to myself how many times I have purchased these items over the years. Week after week, for over thirty years (gasp!) my trips to the grocery store look […]
I love a good movie. I love the way a storyline twists and turns, taking my imagination a thousand different directions before tying all the loose ends together–shocking me with surprise witnesses, unexpected events, and out-of-the-blue revelations. The better the suspense, the better the movie. Yeah, I like a story that keeps me perched on […]
I’ve recently had several bad experiences in the dark. I’m not talking about like when you’re a kid and you fear what could potentially be hidden in the shadows–all the monsters and bad guys our minds used to conjure up to keep us paralyzed and quaking under the sheets. I recently spoke to a childhood […]
Remember this little saying from elementary school? “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” We chanted it and thought it was funny, but truthfully, we didn’t have a clue what it meant. We just liked it ‘cause it rhymed! And it seemed like a good thing to shoot back, […]
“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!” Dr. Suess penned a lot of clever lines such as the one above, but while his books are great fun to read, they cannot always be universally applied. I think we can all agree that sometimes in life, funny things are definitely NOT […]
I woke up on my 49th birthday with a Bible verse immediately encompassing my thoughts, really just the first phrase of a verse. I lay in bed and pondered it for a moment. “Ask and it will be given to you …” (Matthew 7:7). I felt the Lord was coaxing me to take it to […]
Sometimes I think Martha gets a bad rap. The Christmas season always brings out the battle between my inner Martha and Mary. That’s not exactly true, because I am way more Martha than Mary. It’s maybe a 75/25 split. (Okay, maybe it’s more 90/10!) You see, Martha’s my girl. She. Gets. It. Done. If I […]
My cousin and his wife were attempting to introduce scripture memorization to their young son. As many folks do, they began with Psalm 23. He started out just fine but got a little creative with the second half of the first verse. What came out of his mouth was the following: “The Lord is my […]