Twenty years ago, on a record-breaking hot July 3rd, I stood over my mom’s hospital bed and said good-bye to my best friend. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer …
In Defense of Young Joseph
God gave Joseph a dream, and he dared to share it. Joseph spoke the truth; he shared what God had whispered to his heart as he slept. He shared his …
Chocolate, Family, and Christmas
I spent the day eating chocolate truffles, laughing at my sister-in-law rapping to Rockband, and lounging with the people I love most in the world. We cooked some food and …
Message Inbox: 15
I received another one. A text that to most anyone else would be all nonsense. Dmwajtgpajtdmwajtgpajtdmwa…. Four lines. It’s almost always the same. The letters are the same, in the …
A Dot on the Map
Funny how you can feel a connection to someone you’ve never met. Funnier still that a middle-aged woman can feel that kinship with a college football stud-UT quarterback Colt McCoy. …
The Forever Mom
Life was good. I had a mom and a dad, two pretty okay brothers, and a pet beagle. Frizzy hair in a spaghetti-straight world was bearable as long as my …