Our Built-In Indicators
I sold my 11-year-old car. It was on its last leg – rather, last engine. I have a sweet new ride. With it came some helpful safety features. Those safety indicators (cameras) tell me if there’s a car to the right or left of me, to NOT change lanes. It has front and back indicators…
Pull Up to the Table
Being “hungry” can mean a lot of things — like, it’s time to stop and have lunch. Or, it can mean after reading an inspiring story or devotion book that includes a kick-in-the-you-know-what kind of wake-up-call full of scriptures that we know we need to get more serious about the “Lamp to our feet” and…
Worry Free Guarantee
This blog today may sound like the sequel to my blog from yesterday which was about not letting fear grab hold of us. This blog is icing on the “Do Not Fear” cake. “Don’t worry!” You may be saying “That’s easy for you to say. You’re not facing what I’m facing today.” Perhaps not the…
Being Right Isn’t Always Right
After all these years of experience, handling so many challenges, weathering the many storms of life and still here to talk about it, you’d think we should win every debate that comes our way. Case in point: My younger grandchildren have had their drivers’ licenses for just a while but now they seem to be…
What We See Matters
My two oldest grandsons still talk and laugh about the times when Papa and I took them to the “red neck yacht club” in Oklahoma, Papa and I never gave them the “lifestyle of the rich and famous”. We gave them true grit, real outdoor living combined with the best fishing and roaring campfires and…
We Passed the Tests
My two youngest grandsons, their friend and I took the COVID-19 test yesterday before our trip back home to Austin today. Thank goodness, we passed the tests, and we’ll be back home tonight. Vacations are great for changing up our lives for a few days but I agree with Brennan when he said: “I’m ready…
A Love Letter Unlike Any Other
I have a box of love letters that my husband and I sent to each other pre-marriage. While pulling all my stuff together for my move, I ran across that box and took the time to reminisce that sweet love. But, the greatest love I know is not found in those letters. It is found…
STOP! Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid
Maybe you’re too young to recognize that saying, but I remember it well. It refers to “followership” at its worse. It was coined back in 1978 after a delusional guru named Jim Jones led his cult to mass suicide. Over 900 people, including 304 children, killed themselves by drinking from a vat of grape-flavored drink…
Hospitality Par Excellence
Our family is mixing it up this Christmas. It started with my Christmas wish at Thanksgiving when most all of us were together, except for the two oldest who couldn’t make it. I expressed my Christmas wish for ALL of us to be together at some point between then and Christmas. An ulterior motive for…
Blessed is She Who Believes
That title was inspired by Luke 1:45 “Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her!” Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth, proclaimed those affirming words to Mary after a long trip from Nazareth. It’s only 20 days until Christmas AND 26 days until 2021, but who’s counting? I’m inspiring myself as…