Let me tell you a story that went something like this. . . “Whatever are we going to do?” My older sister moaned, as we looked at the beautiful dresses our mother had finished sewing for the upcoming beauty pageant. The pageant was not an optional event. It was required … Read More
Crosses by the Wayside
My husband and I travel. . . a lot. Recently, as we were returning from a trip to our son’s home in Nebraska, it was about ten o’clock at night and I was driving. We’d had a long day and I was getting pretty tired; Jim was sleeping in … Read More
My Last Night with Daddy
The room darkened as the cold winter sun settled to the west, hiding behind a big bank of snow clouds. It seems like it was just yesterday rather than over twenty years ago now that I sat with my daddy for the very last time, holding his hand and talking … Read More
‘Specially Yours
It happened something like this. . . Sitting in the large, open auditorium, I was tired, but it was a happy tired. You see, our daughter was getting married; and I had managed to acquire the church, where she had grown up going to Sunday school and church from a … Read More
Sometimes It Happens
Don’t ask me to explain it. Really there likely isn’t an explanation. However, sometimes, like this morning. . . when I was cleaning the master bathroom, I could swear that I heard my mama’s voice. Now before you start thinking that I have lost my last marble, let me clarify … Read More