Life is like a patchwork quilt. Each piece by itself doesn’t mean much, but when it is finished, the masterplan is revealed. Putting one piece together with another and just keeping on, putting one day together with the next and keep walking in faith make something beautiful. Since my husband’s death, I’ve looked at the […]
Red-Kool-Aid mustaches, lightning bugs in a jar, revival preacher at our house, learning “do re mi” at singing school, homemade ice cream with a yard full of relatives are just a few of the flashing summer scenes which roll through my mind as I think of summers gone by. Never would we have sat in […]
June 19 holds special significance for me, especially this year. I married the love of my life June 19, 1958. I was old – NOT. I thought I was very mature but actually was only fifteen. These days my sweet husband could be arrested for marrying “a child.” The naysayers were really surprised when our […]
At our family get-togethers, often someone will tell something funny my mother did or said. I join in with the many humorous things I remember, but I would be amiss if I neglected to share just how fabulous she was. Mom knew how to make something beautiful from near nothing. She made clothes for my […]
Beautiful sunshine, an array of colorful blooms, the variety of greens – azure, forrest, mint, ochre – filling the landscape, birds dressed in reds and blues – these all are harbingers of spring and announce new life, just as Easter echoes, “He is Risen.” God, our creator, gives us many messages of His existence, but […]
Looking out over gorgeous Guntersville Lake from the heights of Guntersville State Park’s Goldenrod Conference Room March 5 and 6, 2016, the Lord’s presence filled the room. As I shared with the delightful ladies from Covenant Presbyterian, Huntsville, Al, the Holy Spirit united us in love and laughter. I spoke on Faith the falters; Faith […]