Let’s Call It What It Is….

No, this isn’t some band wagon I’m jumping on.  This is basically the culmination of a lifetime of awareness and concern mingled with many years of up close and personal experiences.  I do not write this post lightly.  I’ve cried tears as I typed and it has taken me several days to pray about it,…

Where’d Ya Go?

When I began writing our Place Called Simplicity, I meant it to be a journal to my family.  Just a place to share my thoughts about the people I love, the miracles we have seen God work and the things I am most passionate about.   Never would I have dreamed, not even in a…

Nehemiah’s Miracle

Sometimes there are things that I just can’t share for one reason or another. So was the case over the last few months of a situation with our Nehemiah. It was kept just among siblings {who rallied around this precious brother}, my mom  and a few prayer warriors because of the uncertainty of it all. …

Unwrapping My Secret Gift

Friends, friends, friends… I’m not really sure how to begin this post. All I can say is that it’s been a long time comin’. Let’s see if I can start briefly, somewhere near the beginning, in an effort to make the most sense of it all. But first let me say…. I have requested this…

Tucked Away

Savannah asked me this morning, “Hey Mom, would you like the day off?”  She was not working today and school is out till fall so being the sweet girl that she is, she invited me to do whatever I want today! I’ve heard it said that there are two types of people in the world….

He Will Do This

Since this is Good Friday,  it seems like the absolutely best day ever  to tell a very powerful story of  something that happened just the other day. It’s so easy in the hubbub of Easter week-end to barely stop to remember who HE is, let alone what He did,  what He does and  just how powerful…

Expectancy

I’m sitting here in a darkened hotel room on the other side of the ocean.  My body actually can’t decide if it’s supposed to be sleeping or awake and my brain seems to be equally confused!   Our flights were booked with an extra long layover so we found a hotel to sleep for a…

An Old Hymn Speaks

Last time I wrote I mentioned that Nehemiah was really sick.  As it turned out I basically published the post and went to take his temp. It was up over 104 again and he was on the strep med! Nehemiah then told me that he was having trouble breathing so I grabbed my purse and…

The “It” – Part 3

The links here: Part 1 and Part 2 of the “It” story would  be a great place to start before reading this post.   If you aren’t into going back and reading them, no biggie. Please do me a favor and just skip this one too, or likely you will be very confused by it all. The last part of this story is just…