Is There a Red Sea Standing Between You and Your Miracle?
After my “animal patrol” duty for nearly three weeks, my family finally made it back home from their summer vacay! I was headed back home when my two youngest grandsons asked to go home with me. I loved it! Sweet words to my ears. Those two boys have had quite the full summer which started…
There’s No Place Like Home, But There’s Also Nothing Like Epic Adventures
This post was inspired as I was having a phone conversation with a friend yesterday by the chicken pen at my children’s home in Austin. Our conversation was interrupted when I saw two little renegade chickens out of the pen again. Those who follow me will remember the last time I was here in Austin.…
The Thrills, Chills, and Spills of Kayaking
Our recent trip to Beavers Bend included a leisurely, afternoon, 2-1/2 mile kayak trip down the Mountain Fork River. Right away, Staci and I decided to get a 2-man kayak. We asked which of us should sit at the back or front. The kayak rental guy said, “It depends on brains or brawn”. Evidently, I…
Make Life an Epic Adventure
Yes, that first photo here is ME — on a zip line! Helen Keller said, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing!” She proved that as she overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century’s leading humanitarians, fully embracing the adventures of life. Adventures begin right from…
Lord, Please Help Me to be a Lifetime Adventurer
Life can be a great adventure, especially when it starts out with my furry friend, Buddy. Adventure is defined as an unusual, exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. What’s so unusual and hazardous about walking a dog? ~ The Terrain — there’s cracks and unlevel walking paths, curbs, roads that have high traffic patterns and…
The Happiest Place on Earth
Disney World — it’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth — but I guess it depends on who’s saying it and feeling it. That’s where the Wallace’s and I are heading today. I know it’s a stretch to think I would be interrupting my Lenten “desert” and solemnity for going to that fantasy/magical/wonder/pixie…
Enthusiasm is Contagious! Be a Carrier!
Chuck E Cheese goes way back in our family. It started with my two kids and has continued through the decades with the grandkids — and still now, with the youngest, 10 year-old Bryson. He needs his “fix” every time Nana comes into town. Older brother stopped going last year because, you know….”Chuck E is…
Where Oh Where is Donna?
Yesterday, someone I just met said, “So where do you live?” It was the first time I needed to explain this season of my life. So I said, “Well, I fly by the seat of my pants, so wherever I land!” LOL! So, here’s the way I roll. I do my best to trust that…
History Repeats Itself!
Don’t you love it when history repeats itself — especially the history that was so sweet at the time, the memories that lasted and now, 40 years later, it’s coming around again? This post today was inspired by photos my son sent me with the caption, “Does this bring back memories?” Oh yes it did!…
God’s Gentle Nudges
We all know how sweet it is when heaven taps us on the shoulder – and we totally recognize that it was God’s way of reassuring us or pointing us in a direction we know we should go or simply to feel His warm embrace…..right when we need it most. I’m official. Texas license plates…