The Day After the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is over. And this year? Our Seattle Seahawks are the champions! Hooray! My son Ryan and my precious bonus daughter Shawntel hosted a Super Bowl party that will be remembered for a long time. Over twenty of us packed into their home — cheering, laughing, and eating like we were personally training…
Thanksgiving Starts With “Thank You”!
A BIG jumbo sized “THANK YOU”, Lord, for our Dallas Cowboys’ win over Washinton yesterday. What a great time we had cheering for our team! I know that sounds trivial, especially in the light of many who are in a world of hurt today, But, why shouldn’t we be THANKFUL in ALL things? Carl and…
What are YOU Passionate About?
I was introduced to the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team at Aussies (a sports bar and restaurant in downtown Austin) a few weeks ago where we watched and cheered for them at their first game of the season. That’s where my husband and his youngest daughter would go to watch many Texas Tech games…
God Called an Audible
I was already writing my blog yesterday about humility and kindness before this encounter. So this is the sequel to that blog. My loyal, faithful, comfortable, resting place extraordinaire, cozy brown recliner had to go. At least my children thought so. It didn’t go with the new contemporary furniture and accessories that now donned my…
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
My dreams came true. We’ve always been a fan of any of our grandchildren’s pursuits in life and did our best to not miss any of them. We didn’t want to miss anything they were competing at, but most seasons – they lived in different states and we could only follow them by their parents’…
It’s Snowing Somewhere Today
I’m feeling the love. God’s love, that is, because yesterday morning, while driving to church, it started snowing. I was thankful to be here to see it in typically-never-gets-snow Austin. When we came out of church, there was a good “sprinkling” of snow on the ground and it was still falling. Brennan put on Blake…
Who is Trevor Lawrence, Anyway?
My son texted me on Tuesday: “Good morning! I love you! Wow, did Alabama get stomped!” My reply, without looking at the score of the Clemson/Alabama championship game, was “They sure did. I’m sure they were humbled.” Actually, I didn’t see the game. Once Oklahoma was out, so was I. But, subsequently I did check…
What if our daily decisions, actions and reactions were always led by “What Would Jesus Do?”
Yesterday, Larry (Staci’s husband and I call him “my son”), was asked to be the speaker for the Regional Speech & Debate morning devotions here at Concordia University in Austin. I don’t think I was ever prouder of him than I was of him, this day. Larry told his story to the students. His dad…