Privileged
Friends from our church invited us to come to their home in the beautiful hill country that backs up to Lake Austin. Their invitation included “cruising” down Lake Austin. From their boat slip, we enjoyed a guided tour, stopping many times to behold magnificent homes, including Michael Dell’s (Dell computers) estate that backs to the…
Called by Name
I didn’t like roll call on the first day of school or most other days when our teacher called out our names. My name was Donna Wheat! That’s when the kids shouted out Donna Corn; Donna Buckwheat; Donna Wheaties! So, I’d sit in those freshly adorned classrooms every fall with my lips pursed, eager to…
A New Home for Elvis’ Jet
I’m sure this sounds like a frivolous start to today’s blog. Bear with me. I’m going somewhere! It is no secret that I was an Elvis Presley fan. I took in every newsworthy story about him. I junkied on his movies and songs. He was my teenage heart throb. I’ll never forget the day I…
Straighten Your Crowns, Worthy Sheep!
Yesterday my blog featured two sheep dogs called Goodness and Mercy. They kept the sheep from danger. In the case of God’s goodness and mercy following us all the days of our life, I’d say it’s a blessing to be sheep in our Good Shepherd’s royal pastures. But lest we consider ourselves “the little lamb…
The End is NOT the End
…..at least for those of us who believe in the hereafter – so much so, that we have no fear because a “See ‘ya later!” here is literally…..just a few short days, months or years and we will meet our loved ones face-to-face. And even better than that…..we will meet our Lord face-to-face! I think…
The King is Coming
Please forgive my insatiable appetite for remembering the past and applying it to a blog. I’m sure it helps my memory faculties stay intact when I can pull out an old, true story that bears repeating. Just keeping those stories alive and well! It’s “the king’s” birthday today! Note: the lowercase king not the uppercase…
I’m So Glad I’m a Part of the Family of God
Yesterday my post was about being a part of the Family of God and how our Father always has His arms open wide to His nice, and even sometimes naughty, kids. He’s ready to invite them to sit at His royal table and feast with Him, along with so many other “royal” benefits. It’s ours…
I’m All Grown Up, But I’m Still a Kid
I embraced every minute of precious family time during Thanksgiving week. My family is right up there at the top of my “gratitude” list. We are a diverse family with diverse interests and diverse ways of life. None of us were cut from the same mold, but we have this one thing in common –…
Never a Birth Announcement Like This One!
Don’t you love it when a friend or family member shares the good news “We are Expecting!” in a cute photo — long before the baby’s birth — and then is followed up a few months later by the BIG announcement to the world that their baby has arrived? As cute as those birth announcements…
A Queen’s Responsibility? Sharing Love and Joy is a MUST!
This first photo is one of the first my friends, Charles Michie and Sheila Michie, took when we arrived together in Rome. It continued to be a photo shared of “the queen”! LOL! Not by planning, but I guess providence, I stood exactly under a crown on the Roma photo. So, I guess, if the…