I just became a grandmother. And because I’m a writer I have to write about it. This post will be raw and unfiltered. I’ve heard many say, “If I knew how great having grandchildren was I would have had them first.” I never really understood because I loved being a mom and couldn’t imagine anything […]
Many of us have stories about the Northridge earthquake in 1994. Living in California, earthquakes are something you’ve got to learn to roll with. If you live in California, you know what I’m talking about. My daughter reminded me about part of our Northridge earthquake story that I had forgotten about. Monica was five years […]
Enjoy this guest post by ordained pastor Tim Williams. Tim studied at Dallas Theological Seminary and has a Bible degree from Biola University. Currently, he and his wife Jenny are expecting their first child as he serves as the Children’s Pastor at mega-church, Compass Church in Colleyville, Texas. Tim is my son and a mom […]
We were in the garage—our gym—working out. My husband paused our workout DVD right in the middle. Our son was leaving to preach at a school chapel. Being only twenty, it was his first time doing so. Mike left our “gym” to go into the backyard where he prayed for our son before he […]
Photographer: Josh Telles Most of the men at my daughter’s wedding were in tears, or choking back tears, when our daughter gave a little speech about her dad before their father/daughter dance. He had given her a ring when she was a teenager. And told her it represented her heart and that he was the […]
This little girl licked, put the ENTIRE serving spoon for the sprinkles in her mouth, and then put the spoon back in the sprinkles! Her mother was standing right there. I couldn’t stop laughing. One trip to the Yogurt Bar with my husband turned into great fun. Your neighborhood Yogurt Bar is filled with a plethora of […]
Sitting on a jam-packed airplane headed home to LAX I glanced at the first class passengers. They looked more comfortable and were certainly being given attention that those of use in coach were not getting. But I didn’t care. I was on my way home after 10 days away from my husband, who I was […]
When my children were in elementary school I walked to pick them up every day. Driving a dually truck made it difficult to navigate the sharp turns. Getting honked at was inevitable. With this challenge came a blessing because I soon learned that I’d much rather walk. It gave me a little exercise to work […]
