Following the Lead of Successful Businesses and People
When my family comes to Tulsa, eating at Chick-fil-A is a MUST! It went quickly, but we waited in a long line to place our order at the drive thru window!. Always a crowd there, I said, “This is really a phenomenon!” Then I remembered just why this company is so successful and has grown…
Make Lots of Memories
I took Payton and Alexia to see their Great Granny today. When their home at Lake Keystone, OK was destroyed by a devastating tornado 24 years ago, my young son, who sold real estate at the time, found Mom & Dad a lovely home that backs to Page Belcher Golf Course. It’s been a precious…
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
We’ve heard them many times — the voices in our heads that say “You won’t make it!” “There’s no way you can do that!” “Give up — there’s no way out!” “You don’t have the right personality!” “You weren’t born into the ‘right’ family.” “You could NEVER be a success — you don’t have the…
What Grows in Your Garden?
I saw a friend’s post a couple of days ago where she was asking for advice for getting rid of weeds in her garden. Comments to her post included: “Put newspaper around the plant – it will suffocate the weeds”; “Put grass clippings around the plant”; and I loved this one “Don’t plant a garden!”…
Love Transforms an Enemy Into a Friend
Yesterday I posted about an “upside down world – but, it’s a matter of perspective”. I started thinking about how upside down Jesus’ words seem to be in Matthew 5:44. “Love your enemies! Bless them that curse you! Do good to them that hate you! Pray for them who spitefully use you, and persecute you!”…
It’s a Matter of Perspective
It’s raining cats and dogs in Tulsa today! Really? Cats and dogs? Well, it really is raining in Tulsa! I say “Hip Hip Hooray — our lawns need it!” But the people having their custom homes built in my neighborhood, aren’t pleased at all! Rain is keeping progress from happening on their home’s completion. It’s…
God Has a Plan — STAND!
At age 14, I was a volunteer Candy Striper at a Dallas hospital. The unique title went with the candy cane, red & white-striped pinafores that we wore. In those days, I aspired to become a nurse, so I took flowers and mail to patients, refilled their water jugs, and other incidental duties. But, those…
One Man’s Trash is a Raccoon’s Treasure
I live in a new community where five homes are being built to the east and west of me. The good news about being the first to build in a new subdivision is you have your choice of lots (mine backs up to a beautiful pond). The bad news about being the first to build…
Try to be a Rainbow in Somebody’s Cloud
I never followed Maya Angelou’s life or writings much, but hearing of her passing from this life, I was drawn to know more about what made her so endearing. In stature, she was six feet tall, but the imprint she left because of her remarkable life is beyond measure. She was raped by her mother’s…
Take a Deep Breath, Chill and Relax….God Has Got This!
Day before yesterday, I had the privilege of waiting with a dear friend as her husband was in back surgery by the same Neuro Surgeon and in the same hospital, that my sweetheart was in four years ago. I had a flood of memories as we set there, and I reminisced to my friend about…