I was having a slow and quiet morning. Bible and prayer time, worked-out with hubby, ate breakfast, spent some time with my son. As I was kicking into gear to get some work done, I sent a text to my friend Eva asking if she could assist me with something. She happily said yes, and […]
I received a text from my daughter-in-law during her third trimester of pregnancy. She was praising her husband (my son) regarding his involvement while they waited for their first child. Having gotten the diagnosis for gestational diabetes, there were many new instructions from the doctor to follow. One of which was to do more exercising. […]
I was hacked! My blog site was hacked! Someone stripped me of my administrative rights and took over my blog site. My blog! Whoever you are, That wasn’t nice, obviously your mom didn’t teach you to play nice with the other kids. But it’s all-good, because now my site is better and stronger! My amazing […]
Do you own a Bible? Most of us have more than one. I know I do. I had always thought I had a great appreciation for my Bible until I had an eyeopening conversation with my sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Elizabeth grew up in the Ukraine, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union. Her […]
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 […]
My mother-in-law had always wanted girls. She had two boys. At the age of nineteen I became her second daughter-in-law. One day about a year after our wedding she casually told me, “I had always wanted daughters. I thought that when my sons got married I’d have the daughters I always wanted but that […]
I always wanted to go to an AA meeting, just to see what it’s like. I wondered if it would be like what we see on TV and in the movies. Have you ever wondered about that? A friend said I could go with her. “Really? I can go?” “Yes,” she said “but there will […]
I recently made an announcement that I am getting my first book published. With this new and exciting news, it takes me back to one life changing night. I couldn’t sleep much like many nights beforehand. About two weeks worth! It was during the season of our lives where my husband was in the process […]
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 […]
