Eighteen years. Eighteen years. Since I first met him, first held him, first kissed him. I am grateful that through all of those years, with all of their accidents [..]
Having just finished cleaning off the back porch, I sat in the afternoon sun and listened to my gospel music. My youngest came out to join me. After a [..]
“Mama, why do they call it Burger King?” “Well, because they think their burgers are the best, like the king of all burgers.” “But that’s not true…McDonalds has [..]
He’s five, and he loves to answer the home phone when it rings. Let me preface this by clarifying that we only have a home phone for the [..]
I loved him and I miss him. So much. His laughter was infectious, his smile enormous – seemed like endless rows of baby teeth. He was such a [..]
He’s been very inquisitive (what’s new?) about life and death lately – especially as they pertain to God and Heaven. During this last installment of The Bible, even [..]
I went into labor on my due date – a first for me, as my first two wanted to just stay in the womb. Once I had contacted the [..]
Oh Lord, where has the time gone? I so appreciate the blessing of being her mama…I just didn’t expect to see her become a young woman so quickly. [..]
The boys built a fort in the living room yesterday. Okay, so they helped me build them a fort – whatever. They played inside of that thing all [..]
She is magnificent – a beauty in, out, and all the way around. I love to watch her play. I hope she knows I am her biggest fan. [..]
I (we) got something in the mail this weekend. There really isn’t any way to describe how I felt upon reading it. My husband opened it first, but [..]
“I’ve sort of learned over the past few weeks that revenge doesn’t mean making somebody who was insecure in the first place feel worse about themselves…It’s about forgiving [..]
