I’m not one for forging my own path. My husband is all for abandoning the hiking trail and traipsing off through the woods. Me, not so much. In fact, I’m the kind who will refuse to do so, even if there’s something “bright blue and shiny…let’s go see!” For that matter, I don’t even like being the one who leads… Read More
Today (Wednesday) I’m going to see my daughter Abby perform in her Freshman Debut performance at the University of Arizona. I can’t wait. Just yesterday she got rave reviews from her professors in her first semester oral review. We’re so very proud of her. So, since I won’t be here to blog for Thursday morning (today!) I’m setting us all… Read More
The other night I watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition. In this episode a new house was awarded to a woman who serves as a volunteer firefighter in her community of Bastrop, Texas. While for 27 days she fought the huge fires which destroyed 34,000 acres in Texas in 2011 (the state’s largest fire on record), her own home was burned… Read More
I admit it. I’m a cold weather exercise weenie! I love to get out and walk or hike, but I loathe exercising in the frigid cold. Of course, I also hate exercising in sweltering heat. That’s a dilemma for another day, another season. Now that winter is fast approaching and the morning and evening air is noticeably cooler, it’s a… Read More
Having endured a large dose of Thanksgiving family drama, a friend recently exclaimed, “I think this Christmas I just need to give everyone in my family Jesus! They need Him more than anything else.” Amen! Right? My friend immediately purchased two of my Satisfied…at Last! Bible studies and I assume she’s giving those to two of the women in her… Read More
What would we do without those who help us up? Not just those who walk beside, but those who wait for us, turn back to go get us, reach out to pull us along, take our hand and don’t let go. What we would do without those people in our lives? Who has done that for you? Think about that… Read More