He was here with his wife and granddaughter, visiting the Australian Shepherd puppy they were buying from our farm. One minute he was sitting on a planter in front of my house, and the next he was face-first in the grass. One minute we were talking about puppies, and the next we were talking about…
My six-year-old daughter is most definitely an introvert. After a full morning of Vacation Bible School with her self-proclaimed BFF this summer, she was perfectly content to hang out with me downstairs instead of playing Barbies upstairs with her guest and little sister. When I asked why she didn’t go upstairs with them, she told…
God Values Words; We Should Too As I write this, a Twitter-verse war has erupted about the media using the word lie in relation to our current president. This comes at the same time the Southern Baptist Convention, to put it mildly, is wrestling with careless words spoken by their leader that have negatively affected women…
If there is one word for what I have craved most in my life, I would say it’s connection. Of course, I want to belong, and for years I equated fitting in with belonging. I also believed that my value was only in my beauty or my abilities. I’m glad I was wrong. I’m glad my…
My twenty-three-year-old daughter recently moved from our home in Virginia to Los Angeles, California. During the year Alex lived with us after her college graduation, we often talked about the logistics of her planned move to the west coast. How would she get her belongings all the way to the other side of the country? And…
Of all the New Year’s trends, picking one word for the year has been one of my favorites. More than just a checklist goal, picking a word helps me change my perspective. If I had to pick a word for this year, it would be experience. This is twofold: I want to have new experiences,…