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…
Delighting is an Action Verb
As I do daily, yesterday morning I sent my children (all four – husbands and wives) a text message. This day I sent them all a similar message. I had been pondering how my children are living in seasons of tremendous blessings. God has answered so many of their specific prayers. It seems, more than…
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…
Lost but Found, Darkness but Light, Blind but Sight
Just after our Thanksgiving meal, it was time for my family photo session in Frisco. I missed four of the grands for this occasion, but nine of us would satisfy this photo-hungry Nana! Getting ready to pile into the cars, my grandson Payton, Mr. Enthusiasm and brimming with pent-up energy, proceeds to go into one…
Visions of Sugarplums Danced in My Head
As the famous “Night Before Christmas” poem goes, Christmas Eve is when children are “nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.” I wondered, “What exactly is a sugarplum?” I read that there are three types of sugar plums. One, which is a summertime treat of an actual candied…
Peace is Found in El Lugar Secreto
Have you been to el lugar secreto? Ten years ago, the day after my Sweetheart’s funeral, I flew to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to spend Thanksgiving with my son and his family. It was the perfect place of beauty and tranquility to refresh and revive me and remember the man I loved so dearly. I…
The Struggle is Real……but, so is God!
This is Thanksgiving week and I know that many are not looking for paper to write down all your blessings. Not when you’re feeling like you’re six feet under the load and you don’t have a shovel to dig yourself out. From having been there, I know the struggle is very real. I know how…
November 3rd, 2020 – Election Day
I’m off and running in a few minutes to my “last stand” (literally) as an Election clerk this morning. I anticipate lines out the door, but certainly less than the two-hour line I stood in for 2016’s election day. I saw this headline by CNN’s Chris Cillizza, Editor at Large: “Why November 4, 2020 could…
Lord, Please Give Me PEACE about this PEACE Sign
While being my kids’ dogs’ sitter, I’ve enjoyed the inspirations at their home for my blogs. After I blogged a few days ago about the peace-sign hand on my daughter’s wall where she does her video shows, of all things, when going to look at one of the books under it, I knocked the hand…
Comfort and Peace in the Storm
I’m continuing my blog series about these two furry grand-dogs that I’m keeping while my children are away. It’s Sunday morning and I get a wake-up call, rather a wake-up barking at 4:30 am from Emma, the Yorkie. I’m not a happy camper. Who wants to be awakened by a barking alarm? My sleep is…