SURPRISE Blessings Come in Surprising Ways
TBT — So our car dealership manager called to ask if we’d like tickets to the LPGA Tour the next weekend at Tulsa Country Club. Of course we did — we loved watching Annika Sorenstam, Juli Inkster, Nancy Lopez, Kerry Webb, among other women’s golf greats. He went on to say, “And, oh, by the…
That’s What Papa Said
This photo is of my sweet husband and grandson, Payton (who is now 14). Payton and Papa had a special bond — in particular, they both loved to fish and loved to play the piano. This is an excerpt from Payton’s published book (he was ten years old when he wrote it, and just after…
Practice and Practice and Practice Makes Perfect
I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 years old. The first thing I learned was how to read the notes on a page and associate those notes to the keys on the piano. Then I learned how to look at the music and pay attention to my fingers at the same time. That…
Do You Have Some Quirky Food Favorites?
Do you have some quirky food favorites that remind you of someone special? I’ll never forget, as a child, spending time at my cousin’s house and her Mom, my Aunt Marie, made us Miracle Whip sandwiches (yes, just mayo and bread). I still love that and I loved my precious aunt who was a true…
Meeting Elvis Presley — the King of Rock n’ Roll
I’ll never forget the day I met Elvis Presley. My young husband and I were in Memphis, TN, attending a Gospel Quartette Convention, and my husband’s piano teacher, as a child, was Joe Moscheo, who had become the piano player for the Imperials Quartette. The Imperials, at that time, were the back-up singers for Elvis,…
I LOVE Chocolate!
I have a confession to make. I LOVE chocolate so much so, that I should be a member of Chocoholics Anonymous (if there is such a group)! One of my earliest kid memories was my Mom’s chocolate gravy, and after Sunday night church, my Dad taking me to the little store next door for a…
The 5 Awesome A’s — Assignment, Anointed, Abilities, Authorities, Armor
As I woke this morning, I had one of the precious ladies in my Life Group on my heart and started to pray for her. I was going to send her a private message, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I needed to send it to all the ladies in…
Alexia’s Rite of Passage
So, I’m wrapping up our trip to Mexico by sharing about our last day that included completing what we started on the first day of Alexia’s Rite of Passage. Now it was our turn to give her our gifts of love and best wishes, as well as show her videos sent to her by friends…
How Could I Complain About…..Anything?
So why have I posted so much about our missions trip? And, what is the big deal about going on a missions trip, or even being missions-minded? And why take children with us on a missions trip? 1) It opens our eyes to the blessings we have in our lives. 2) It opens our eyes…
We Just Couldn’t Help It — We Just Had to Give
Before we ever left for our missions trip, we had raised thousands of dollars for the host church that so generously guided us, but by our 4th day there — we were so in love with the children and families and the volunteers, that we just couldn’t help it…..we had to go toy shopping for…