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Rook, Tomato Wars, and Childhood Memories

Have you ever really thought how truly blessed we are that God allows us to keep some of our most special memories close to our hearts?...

My Great Granny & the Mailman. And Sunday is Grandparents' Day

I remember. Her house was dark gray—small, tucked away on a side street in Winston Salem. The houses were knitted close together and her...

I have a question...

I have this jar filled with bean seeds. I was told the seeds are over a hundred years old. And it was said when I got the seeds–no,...

$6.71 and other blessings--miracles

She had a little time before she was supposed to meet her daughter and she had a few errands she needed to do. So she pulled into the...

A Sunflower's Story

Dear Little Ones, I have a story I want to share with you. It’s actually my story. There is this little four-year old girl with hair the...

Where He Leads: A Year of Allowing Him to Turn the Pages

I heard someone say, ‘don’t let your Bible just randomly open, have a plan to read God’s word everyday. Now I do agree we all need to...

Who does that sort of thing?

It was a local number and the voice on the other line was of a complete stranger. An elderly lady. She asked in a “hard of hearing”...

Dear Child, Your Mamas keep secrets

Dear Child, It may come as a surprise to you–even shock you a little– learning your Mama kept secrets from you. And still does when she...

It's Not About You--Feed my Lambs. Feed my Sheep.

Before the pandemic, I think in late 2019 a dear friend of mine came to me with the idea of writing a book. Challenged me to think about...

The gift of words to a song

She called to say, 'I couldn't sleep last night. I had this song on my mind.' And she got out of bed and turned her DVD player on and...

The stillness of Easter

There's a certain stillness of the Last Supper, His Dying, the silence of Saturday and then Sunday--the Resurrection--Easter. Sitting...

Be Someone's Boaz

She was many things–a gleaner of wheat, a widow, a loyal daughter-in-law, a daughter, a damsel, a stranger, a Moabitess. And she...