Go, go, go and go some more!!! Sound familiar? With our forty-hour plus work- weeks, packed social calendars, kids’ pursuits, and church/community activities plus all the requirements of running a household: laundry, grocery shopping, house cleaning, cooking, and dishes, relaxation has become a priceless commodity. Lest anyone think I am casting stones, I will openly Read More
February 2017 my husband I moved the short one hundred mile distance from San Marcos, Texas to Beeville. Who knew the incredible difference those miles would make in our lives? Certainly not I. Nestled just 30 miles South of the state’s capitol of Austin, and 51 miles north of San Antonio, home to Texas State Read More
We humans have a unique gift; we are the only species on the planet capable of making the world we live in a better place simply by being kind to our fellow man. Being kind to those we know and love is generally easy and does improve our lives, but kindness to strangers? Now, that Read More
Walk through a cemetery, take a look around, what do you see? Tombstones. What does a tombstone represent? It reflects basic information about someone’s life; name, date of birth, date of death and sometimes a tag line like, “Cherished Mother.” What tombstones don’t tell are the stories of our lives, those pages are hidden in Read More
Life is a funny thing; one minute the stars are aligned and all is well, then next minute you are flat on your butt wondering what happened. My life seems to run in seasons. There are seasons of hardship when enduring the turmoil is about all I can do, and seasons of joy where I Read More
There are days when I genuinely wonder if my presence in the world makes any difference. If you look up “average” in the dictionary, I’m pretty sure you’d find my picture there. Sometimes I look with admiration at those who have accomplished great things, and then I let myself get discouraged knowing I won’t ever Read More
Look up confrontation in the dictionary. Does the definition resemble this, “a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties?” This description makes confrontation sound like an event to be accessorized with boxing gloves. While some confrontations may resemble this definition, I think perhaps there is more to the story. Although I could not Read More
