Wisdom from Trial and Error
Of all the things that we did wrong, we did some things right. For example – in teaching our children to be brave, faith-filled, optimistic, daring, strong and responsible human beings. I’d like to think that my young husband and I did everything right, but without a doubt, a lot fell through the cracks because…
Enjoying Billowy Cloud Cover
Our trip to East Texas and Epiphany Ranch didn’t disappoint! We took advantage of the wonderful, somewhat cooler temperatures. We went to see my sweet cousin, Mary Ellen Snow, who moved to Tyler, TX from Frisco, TX. We were neighbors in Frisco, buds in Tulsa and Dallas before that. It looks like the cousins still…
The Man and the Legend
It is an honor, on this 9th day of June, to celebrate my “other” son. Yes, I have one son by birth and the “other” son was God’s gift to my daughter, Staci, their two children, Payton and Alexia, ME and so many others look up to him, his wisdom, and his tender and loving…
Can You Give Me a Hand?
A moving train of people helped our neighbor move from an upper floor to an apartment on the first floor. She merely posted in our residents’ Facebook group: “Many of you have offered to help me move. I am ready to accept help. SO…… if you have a wagon and can carry a couple medium…
Born to Live this Life
Remember the line by Mother Abbess to Maria in the epic movie “The Sound of Music”? “Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You must face them. You must live the life you were born to live.” Such words of wisdom: “We must live the life we were born to live.” In…
Our Life360 App and Our Discerner
My Austin family (all 12 of us) are on the Life360 app. It is a free location-sharing app that keeps us connected via knowing where each of us are at, any given time — that is, if our cellphone is on and with us. I am on my way to San Antonio today for tomorrow’s…
You’re Halfway There
I have had many “opportunities” to pray for personal needs as well as the needs of others. What a personal triumph I felt, when the prayers were answered – maybe not in the way I suspected, but God’s way. Sometimes those prayers aren’t immediate. They may go on for years. But it is not my…
I’ll Take a Cloud…or Two
I read my “FB Memories” from this day a couple of years ago. Back then I was all caught up in gratitude for the rain, and cooler temperatures and the Fall season that was in the air. This year it seems Summer doesn’t want to give way just yet! I’m in Tulsa right now, and…
The Test, the Tribulation, and the Triumph
I am picking up my grandson’s favorite after-school snack: the big plate of honey chicken X 3 and white rice at Panda Express. The manager is helping me. She knows me well from the many times I go in to get Bryson’s “snack”! But this encounter with the manager starts my TEST and my seeking!…
Time Flies When We’re Having Fun
Besides my grandson’s birthday today, July 2nd has a specific specialness about it! It is the half-way point of 2022. 183rd day of the year — the official middle of the year. Six months have already passed in 2022. It makes me think – how fast time flies for me these days, compared to being…