Bless Your Pea-Pickin’ Heart
When my niece, who is now an Assistant District Attorney here in South Texas, was first sworn in at Austin’s Texas Supreme Court as a Texas Attorney, I gave her a book called “Y is for Y’all”. It is a book of Southern ABC’s. It’s a great and hilarious gift for a newcomer to the…
Let Go and Let God
Letting go of treasured times, treasured people, treasured routines and treasured traditions isn’t easy, but it’s what I’ve come to know. The treasures of it all — the good times and not so good times — are a part of the fabric of our lives. Grin and bear it or bask in the knowing that…
Disappointment Might be an Appointment
Daily I read what I wrote in my journal for this day last year. Since early January, I’ve read about the excitement of being on the leadership team for our upcoming ACTS Retreat that was to have been on the weekend of April 23rd. We were wonder-eyed and “on fire” with passion and great anticipation…
When You Choose HOPE, Anything is Possible
HOPE, means “the exciting expectation that something GOOD is about to happen”. Yesterday, I knew what that’s about — based on my grandchildren’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS about what last night held for them. When the tickets could first be bought, my grandson, Payton Wallace purchased tickets for his whole family (me and his friend included) to…