Wednesday, December 23, 2015

5 Traits you need to be "Highly Favored" by God

 "I can never be like Mary. She is the mother of Jesus!"  Is that what your brain screamed inside your head when you read Five Traits...

Friday, December 18, 2015

Hanging by a Holiday Thread

I've had a stressful few days. Too much to do with not much time to get it done. Can you relate? Lisette wanted to play yesterday. I stopped everything...

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Your Christmas Chord

I know just enough about music to NOT play the piano well. I can read music fast enough to produce the melody of a song leaving out notes making the...

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Mom-ism Monday #16

My Mom always says I don't have any common sense. I'm beginning to believe her. As I age, I find I do weird things, can't remember nothing and generally...

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Power of Thankfulness

Admit it. You enjoy being thanked. We actually expect it. We become deflated, wilted if thanks are withheld from us. Giving thanks and receiving...

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Five Things Christians Should Learn From Veterans

photo credit: rodlamkeyphotography.com Thank you to each and every man or woman, past and present, who has served in any branch of the United States...

Friday, November 6, 2015

Nobody Comes

Rana Elyse Mashburn (12/03/1997 - 10/22/2015) continues to impact my life daily. I followed her recent journey with HLH from Day 1 - July 13, 2015....

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Trunk or Treat Idea: Alice in Wonderland

We're All MAD Here! Alice, The Queen of Hearts and The Mad Hatter My daughter and I decided to decorate a trunk this year for our church Trunk or...

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Exemplifying Christ

Rana Elyse Mashburn, 17, received her wings Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, from Hemophagocytic...

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Five ways Jesus "remodels" us

2 Corinthians 13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord...

Sunday, October 18, 2015

WARNING: Revelations are addictive!

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported in 2013, 86.8 percent of people ages 18 and older reported that they drank alcohol...

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Re-prioritizing Busy

God spoke to me when I read this quote posted by my bff Angie on Facebook.  If God asked you to list the three biggest priorities in your life,...

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Never heard of it!

We live in such a small, great big world! Until March 2012, I had never heard of the disease pulmonary fibrosis. That's the day my husband was diagnosed....

Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Truth about Cauliflower

Cauliflower Fried Rice My family loves Fried Rice. I made them the impostor above. I hope you agree the dish looks amazingly just like fried rice....

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Everyone wears Designer Labels

Labels are important. People yearn to be known by wearing expensive clothing, driving luxury brand cars and living the lifestyle of the rich and famous....

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

It Could Happen to You

8/18/15 - When you love someone, you love every part of them...even great sickness. This morning as I lay with Rana, I find myself thinking about...

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Four Types of Stares: Which One are You?

I cracked up when I ran across this comic yesterday. It.is.hilarious. It reminds me I've been stared at my entire life and how insanely ridiculous stares...

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Coming Clean: my Secret Addiction

James 5:16 Confess you faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteousness man availeth...

Thursday, July 30, 2015

End of Season Sale

Are you a clearance shopper? I am! I love a good bargain. My mom taught me this skill. She anxiously awaits the end of every sale season. I will not...