always make me think of Africa. Which is ironic, really, because when I lived there, it hardly ever rained. Like, severe drought for a year and a half, but still... Maybe it's the way rain brings relief from the Mississippi heat or the way it builds up, heavy with humidity until it pours out hard and fast and then disappears completely. I don't know, but.... I really love nothing more ...
Faith
Five Minute Friday: Expectation
When you haven't blogged much in months, sometimes that only thing you can do is just jump in....like into the deep end of a cold swimming pool...just get it over with already, you know? And, it occurred to me that the best way to do that today is to join The Gypsy Mama on Five Minute Friday. So here goes: Expectation I’ve been married nine years to a man I never expected to marry. I mean, ...
Just When We Needed A Miracle!
Maybe you don’t think that flowers are a miracle. But perhaps it’s because flowers are so common place or ordinary that sometimes we don’t notice how spectacular and how beautiful and how splendid and how really wonderful they actually are! Like God! Remember: “He made everything beautiful in it’s time and created the earth and plants and vegetation of all kinds. And the lilies of the field! ...
Just in case you’ve ever wondered…
I am the worst mom ever. Oh, you might not think so, but go ahead and stop thinking of every terrible headline you've ever read that might make me feel better because your opinion doesn't matter. My daughter's does. And, today, she'd probably tell you that I am the worst mom ever. Oh, she didn't say that to me. She didn't have to, you know? Truthfully, I am really just a mom who was ...