Category: family

  • Date Nights with Abba

    Date Nights with Abba

    I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day. Show love every day instead of just one. Then, February 2024 happened and I went on an Abba-Daughter date night.

  • What’s Your Word?

    What’s Your Word?

    For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Hebrews 13:14 (ESV) * Three years ago, my father-in-law became a snowbird. You know, someone who lives where it’s warm in the winter and not too hot in the summer. Like the name implies, they are people who fly away…

  • Dear Tate

    Dear Tate

    Dear Tate – my love letter to my dog, my friend, my sweet.

  • He is My Father

    He is My Father

    When you don’t have much of a relationship with your father, it’s hard to know or even trust God as “Father”. It’s a process to accept, but a Heavenly Father relationship fills the void that’s missing in our lives.

  • Treasure the Moment

    Treasure the Moment

    I went for a walk last night. Having just read a post by someone I know, I felt anger and frustration. The emotions were overwhelming me to the point where I wanted to cry. I needed to clear my head. When I walk, I’ll listen to music or preaching, or I just pray. This time,…

  • No More Prayers to Pray

    No More Prayers to Pray

    Hey Dad. We’re here. On the morning of March 30, 2021, I made a last-minute trip to Arizona to see my dad. The day before, I spoke with my brother about Dad’s illness. He said it didn’t look good. It came on suddenly – double pneumonia. Dad had been in a dementia-care facility since the…

  • Purposes of God

    Purposes of God

    After Dr. Lois Evans was diagnosed with cancer, she didn’t let her family wallow in the diagnosis. She reminded them about the purposes of God.

  • Dear Chewey

    Dear Chewey

    Dear Chewey – my love letter to my dog, my friend, my savior.

  • Memorable Christmas

    Memorable Christmas

    My most memorable Christmas ever is forever linked to pain. Labor pain to be exact.

  • Journey Full Circle

    Journey Full Circle

    My parenting journey has come full circle. And, let me tell you, it ain’t easy.