Loving My Neighbors as I Love Me
A couple of weeks ago I took this photo in the women’s restroom at my son’s offices. Employees had put up sticky notes on the mirror to encourage each other. I love the culture that has been created there. There are affirmation meetings where employees give kudos to other employees for stepping up to help…
Are You Flourishing?
Thoughts of our huge garden in Oklahoma was my blog inspiration for this day. We always had great anticipation for a bumper crop. Then reality set in. Cultivating the soil, which can be rocky, dry and, if by hand, can be a wearisome task. Then it was sowing the seeds, keeping a watch out for…
What’s Wrong with Me?
Living directly across the road to Baylor, Scott and White Clinic, I thought it made good sense to acquire a family physician….just in case. Not that I’m looking for issues, but at this well-seasoned age that I am, I just might need a little back-up plan. My brainwave idea didn’t disappoint when I went for…
Do You Feel Special?
I do! I feel especially special today because today is Ryan’s (my firstborn’s) birthday. This birthday will be celebrated in what makes him happy. At some point in this day, he’ll hear his whole family (all nine of us) singing “Happy Birthday” to him followed by the “Special Plate”. We’ll have a family dinner together.…
Taking One Day at a Time
My sister (more than the sis-in-law she really is) and I frequently have long “catch-up” telephone conversations. She is beyond being a “trooper”. I want to clarify that word “trooper”. She is exactly what the dictionary says she is. Other than being a soldier or police officer, it means “someone willing to participate in difficult…
Come, Follow Me
You may have heard the saying “Don’t just talk the talk — walk the walk!” Many put on their game faces when it comes to talking a good talk about how much they love God and even promise to live their lives as one of Christ’s followers. But when they’re face to face with intimidation…
Making the First Move
He was the first one to initiate conversation. Other than my daddy, he was the first one who took my hand and held it. He was the first one to call me and ask if he could kiss me behind the church on Sunday night. AND, he was the first one to get his drivers…
Trusting God When it Makes no Sense
Since the news that a dear friend was facing a life-or-death health issue, my heart has churned with those two options – life or death. As you may have read in my blogs on Saturday and Sunday, my friend’s life was in the balance. She waited months for a donor for a heart transplant that…
Don’t Look for the Answers
Look for the Giver. I heard those words spoken and they resonated with me. How often do we ask the stand-pat questions in a state of wonder and concern: “When? Where? How? Why?” when we should be nuzzling in close to the Giver – the One who knows it all and has all the answers.…
She’s Getting a New Heart Today
You may remember a blog I wrote on May 4th this year. I shared about the valiant walk of faith that some of my dear Tulsa sisters-in-Christ were taking on behalf of another beloved sister-in-Christ, Becky Holder. Becky must have a heart transplant, but finding a match has been quite the wait. Literally, these resilient…