We have an absolutely fabulous Farmer’s Market in Jacksonville. Row after row of fruits and vegetables fill baskets and boxes and crates. Flats of fat, juicy blackberries, nothing like the wild ones I grew up scavenging from empty lots and roadsides. Fresh watermelons with bright green stems, fragrant peaches with rosy cheeks, vibrant purple eggplant, yellow […]
Do you ever have words that echo in the caverns of your mind? Words that bounce back and forth and seem to get louder instead of dimmer? It happens to me a lot. This week the words were birthed from last week’s blog about my precious daughter-in-law Jenny. In my Bible study I ran across […]
What do you do when circumstances squash your dream or goal? The reality is sometimes our dreams do get squashed. You work. You plan, but things don’t turn out like you planned. My husband, Wayne, dreamed of attending the Air Force Academy to become a pilot. He was a sharp, intelligent young man. He studied […]
The Bucket List Movie Rob Reiner’s “The Bucket List” has inspired folks to make a list of things they want to do before they die. I’m constantly having people tell me about their “Bucket List” or an item they have recently scratched off their list. The movie inspired them to dream. A minister’s question […]
Leaves don’t hold all the fall colors I enjoy. Fat, vibrant orange pumpkins. Rusty rakes and piles of brown leaves. The smell of leaves burning and the promise of hot dogs and marshmallows when we’re done, if everyone works hard. These are precious pictures that hang in the gallery of my mind when someone mentions […]
Don’t be afraid- you CAN do it! I am so excited to introduce you to my dear friend, Joy Hemler. She was a children’s pastor just outside of Washington DC for many years, but now she is in Belgium. I asked her […]
He won. But he lost more than he won. Maybe you read about it! This news story is almost too disgusting to discuss. Don’t read this blog, if you’re eating. Edward Arch bold won The Live Roach Eating Contest, but died afterward. I’m not kidding. It really happened. There just isn’t an EWWW loud enough […]