I must openly confess that I have never taken the time to recognize March as Women’s History month. Even as I wrote the first line, I felt a bit embarrassed. It’s a good thing that life gives opportunities that sometimes force us to see the relevance and impact someone or something has made in the world. We… Read More
Family
It’s Going to Get Better!
Don’t worry…it gets better! You can do it! That’s what I wanted to tell a young single mom I met last month. She was about 19 years old and working hard to finish school while raising a beautiful baby girl – who at that moment refused to be soothed. Watching the two of them brought… Read More
Love! Part of the Journey to Life
Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. – John 15:13. Have you ever sat and wondered of this great love that has been bestowed upon mankind? I still struggle as to why me, why us? Of all that lives and breathes on the earth, how come we… Read More
Get Out of My Flowers!
“Carlie Ruth! Get outta my flowers!” I heard this so much from my grandma when I was little that you’d think those were my other middle names. Growing up, I was cool with my grandma, but I wasn’t as close with her as I was with my grandpa. What I did know about my grandma… Read More
What Makes Any House a Home?
What makes a house—or an apartment, a condo, or a cabin—a home? Everywhere we look, there’s another expert telling us the answer lies in something we don’t have, from fancy bed linens to an interior decorator. The feeling of being “at home” can’t be bought, however, because it comes from an intimate relationship between us… Read More
In Everything, By Prayer & Petition, with Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day —a day of family gatherings to give thanks for our many blessings—has evolved into a day of turkey, football and shopping. A lust for stuff is a stark contradiction to the origins of Thanksgiving. Abraham Lincoln once noted that the costly war had “not arrested the plow, the shuttle or the ship,” that… Read More