We have five pecan trees on our property, but when we moved here four years ago, I knew nothing about them. They produce the most pecans every other year, and two years ago I sold eighty pounds of them to a place in town that purchases them. My husband and I shell them as we…
My husband recently reserved a campsite in a nearby state park to take our daughters, ages three and five, on their inaugural camping adventure. As we headed out in his truck that weekend, loaded with all our gear and food for a cookout, I knew a lot of rain was in the forecast. Even so,…
Every year, springtime produces in me an irrepressible urge to stick my fingers in the dirt. I spend hours preparing the soil, poring over gardening books, shopping the local nurseries, and finally planting that year’s new baby plants. Throughout the spring and into the summer, my family laughs about finding me out in the yard “talking…
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4 NASB). On my first long trip with my young Quarter Horse, Bert, we drove for over seven hours until we arrived at our destination….
“For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes—not that you won or lost— But how you played the Game.” ~from “Alumnus Football” by Grantland Rice We entered a fun new era in our home when our youngest turned four this summer. As he learns his letters and numbers, our…
My friend Libby and I were playing in my backyard sandbox. We were five years old, and I was drooling over the change of clothes she’d brought for her doll. I wanted that stunning, store-bought outfit for my own doll more than anything. Libby was no fool, however; she required a trade, and the only…