Grandma’s Holding Cross

This is grandma. I’m getting ready to go see her at the hospital. Grandma is actually great grandma and we love her. I received a phone call two nights ago that grandma is in the hospital again and somehow they managed to […]

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Habitat for Humanity

One day I was working on my book and decided I needed a change of environment. I headed over to the Habitat for Humanity Restore near my house and sat down at one of the farm tables to write.  Writing has been […]

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Introducing Florentine

Two days before Father’s Day we signed up at Wright-Way Rescue  to foster Florentine.  She is an adorable shepherd lab mix.  We had her for a few days and then realized she was sick and so we had to take her back […]

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Shedding Some Light on The Situation

I’m going to try to keep this short. Today is September 19th, 2024.  Last year just after Christmas my husband started construction on our home.  This home was one of his dreams.  He wanted a fixer upper house.  I did not want […]

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The Pain of Rebellion at Home

I have a small sticker I bought picturing an old blue type writer with flowers blooming out the top.  It says, “Write Hard and Clear About What Hurts” It’s an Ernest Hemingway quote and a picture of it pops up on my […]

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The Connection That Saved My Sanity

Many years ago, I went through a particularly rough season.  My oldest daughter & I were having some struggles. I didn’t agree with some of the choices she was making and she asserted her independence and decided to move out. She was […]

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Home of the Sparrow

Back in the year 2000 when I was in the fight of my life I worried about financial provision a lot.  My family would not help me.  They had the money but instead I was told to sell my house and move […]

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Do You Know The Joy of Being Forgiven?

I wrote this post a very long time ago.  In fact this isn’t something I thought I would ever publish.  There are different kinds of pain when it comes to sharing a difficult story.  There is the pain that people go through […]

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My Christmas Tree Cross

In December of 2020 I made a cross from an old Christmas tree and a yoke.  It started out as a joke.  I was trying to prepare for Christmas and in our side yard I spied our Christmas tree from the previous […]

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Shekinah Moment

The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.  He will take great delight in you: in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 I Give You Authority by Charles […]

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God Saves From the Deepest Pit

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Isaiah 40:1 When I went to Georgia for the Run for God 5K I walked into the hotel to check in and the lobby was filled with men.  Some were standing around talking, others were watching […]

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