Love Touches

Writing diligently on Ruby’s book has been a beautiful, yet difficult work.  Some chapters have been easier than others to write.   Most chapters have been extremely emotional.   The generous gift of a loving friend afforded Graham and I  the opportunity to come to my most favorite place on earth –   known for it’s unmatched,…

It’s *Not* Impossible

For the last 7 years, most Thursday mornings, my prayer partner and I meet together to pray. When she moved out of state a few years back, we could not bear to stop praying together. Thankful for Skype and the blessing of technology, we still ‘meet’ together even though we are just about 1,000 miles…

Bit of a Prep

I have asked for friends to join in a  day of Prayer and Fasting tomorrow July 30, 2013 But I know many of you have been wondering about fasting: Why fast? How to fast? As I type this, I realize I really need to write a series about Fasting. It’s too involved to really do…

A Dream

No doubt, we all have dreams. Even if you can’t remember dreaming, ‘experts’ will say that everyone dreams. Did you ever have a dream and wonder if it would come true? Or some may have wondered if their dream was prophetic? And then there are those who know that the dream they had definitely was…

Honoring 19 Fallen Heroes

Today the hearses carrying the 19 hotshots from Granite Mountain, Arizona were moved from the Phoenix coroner’s office  to their home near Prescott {northwest of Phoenix}.    The kids and I had the privilege  of standing on the roadside and  honoring these fallen heroes. As we drove the I-17 highway looking for a spot to…

In the Pile

Last night I decided to tackle the “pile”.  Or more appropriately, the “piles”. The piles were choking me and I couldn’t stand it anymore. {I despise piles.} So the big kids, Dw and I popped in a Jeanette Oke movie {oh, it was sooo good!} I went to all the places I stash papers and…

We Wait…

We can’t forget. Ever. The numbers are staggering: 2.7+ million either killed in combat or wounded. And so it is why the tone in our home is a bit sober today. We know the sacrifices closer than most. We know the feeling of having a precious one so far away,  daily in harms way. We…