September 11th 2001. I remember where I was when I first saw the news of the Twin Towers being struck. I was in my kitchen making coffee. I'm sure you remember where you were too. News like that doesn't fade from our memory banks, instead it creates a deep scar forever etched in our thoughts when we think of 9-11. Yet I have two friends with a Continue Reading
Lead By Example
As a mom, one of the biggest things that bugs me is when my kids act like it's such a burden to help out or serve someone. If I ask them to pick up the box of crackers in the living room and they will usually say, "That's not mine." My response, "So what, I asked you to pick it up." I know where they've seen this attitude. I'm guilty. Sometimes I Continue Reading
Lukewarm Coffee Served Here
As I prayed for direction with my future writings and blog posts, a devotion I wrote a couple years ago came to mind. I never found a publishing home for it, so I am making my blog its home. I'm posting it because it describes where I have been for far too long. Here it goes. Imagine with me, driving past Dave’s Diner and reading the storefront Continue Reading
Change of Season
Once again I'm approaching another new season in life. Back to school time brings me back to thinking about how to plan my days. My two kids started 5th and 9th grade last week and now I am home alone. In some ways, it's exciting and in others, it's filled with "I-wish-I-would'ves." I cannot change the past so I try not to dwell on what I didn't Continue Reading
Truth Makes a Difference
Sometimes the only way I can lift myself up from my thoughts of despair is to spend time talking to God and focusing on truth. Lately I've been feeling weak and sick, so I've been down. And emotional. Yesterday I spent time listening to celtic praise music while my family went to the movies. And I wrote out everything I could think of about God and Continue Reading
Please Pray
Needing some prayer. The girl that accepted Christ in the jail on Sunday is on suicide watch. Please pray for her-L. Her name is confidential. But God knows who we are praying for. It makes me so mad to know that most of the girls in jail come from such abusive backgrounds. Who knows what she's been told. Who knows what she's experienced.Lord, Continue Reading