“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” ~Mother Teresa When I first met my sweet hubby, J, I fell hard for his beautiful heart. He hardly had two pennies to his name, but he had a heart of pure gold, and I was just plain smitten. He also had the tendency…
I remember listening to a radio program a few years ago wherein the host was reading the results of a survey of university and college professors from around the world. I found one of the results really interesting. Although they couldn’t put their finger on it, the vast majority of these professors felt that the…
My family recently visited Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, on the northern shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. One of the highlights was a two-hour cruise along the shoreline to view the colored rocks. The sights were breathtakingly beautiful, and God’s creation was on full display. Depending on the minerals in the water that stain the rocks,…
I stood at the used book sale table loaded with children’s books. In my hands was a Dr. Seuss book I had never seen before. I flipped open the first page and began reading. And kept going. Never has a children’s book stopped me in my tracks. I read the whole thing right then and…
“Taste and see that the Lord is good.” (Psalm 34:8 NIV) Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, and hot buttered cornbread are comfort foods any Southern girl can appreciate! These are the foods that remind me I’m home and I’m loved. My daddy puts on his apron and rolls up his sleeves, then he…
I saw it in so many eyes, and it made me cringe. Pity. They pitied me, my husband, and our son. They pitied the life we had because it wasn’t normal or typical. They saw how our toddler struggled to (not) walk and (not) talk because of a genetic disorder. My sensitive, overly-raw mama heart,…