WARNING: A very personal story. Forthright, explicit and raw. The name was changed to protect her innocence. One holiday, almost seven years ago, we received a middle-of-the-night phone call from Bree (name changed to protect privacy).  Bree’s voice was frantic as she screamed in my ear, “Pray!” and told me that the police were on…

It was April 1995 when 18-month-old Emma and I walked in the front door of our home in Charlotte, North Carolina. We had snuck out early to go to a few yard sales. Dw was home watching 6-week-old Graham and our other three. Being a nursing mom I had not been gone long. Emma was…

This past week I needed to run to Hobby Lobby for supplies for a wood burning class I am teaching at our homeschooling co-op. After dropping the boys nearby to get haircuts, Jubilee, Ruby and I headed over to Hobby Lobby. After parking, Jubilee came around the back of the van to meet me as…

This week I am flying back home to Buffalo, NY to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in honor and memory of my dad. I will be walking with my brother Neil (and his precious family) in an effort to raise money toward research for this dreadful disease. When my dad was diagnosed with…

Dw and I were at a pastor’s conference in Newport News, VA twenty years ago today. We watched a gentleman come forward to the front and whisper in Jack Hayford’s ear. (Jack was the head of our denomination in which we pastored at that time.) We were sitting in the front row and heard Jack…

Two years ago Elizabeth went to Uganda with me. Emma was due with their first bio baby and we went to help. Since that trip I have been promising Jubilee that it would be her turn next. On Christmas we found out that Josh and Emma were again due – this time on July 8th….

As the events in Afghanistan unfold we are all left wondering what we can do? How can we help an already oppressed people who are now in the hands of brutal terrorists? What about the pastors and missionaries there? The underground church? What about our military as well as the other allies of the US?…

A few weeks I posted a video of Ruby zipping around herself (pre-stroke) on her new Make-A-Wish cement pad, intentionally rolling into the sprinkler while squealing with delight. Many commented that they had no idea she could do that. Oh friends! She is such a hoot and her joy is contagious and yes, she had…

Every single day God is at work around us, whether we are paying attention or not. He is always, always, always at work on our behalf just because He loves us so. Yet there are some days that He moves in such powerful ways to orchestrate events that we can only stand back and marvel…

Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed. Isaiah 49:23b Once upon a time I used to think the days went by fast but since Ruby’s stroke they speed like lightening! And for a woman who best expresses herself through writing, well you can only…