I had heard some of the students say it the previous year, and now I was hearing it again. In the eighth grade, they had been separated from the Honors class, and now in the ninth grade, they were separated from eighth-graders who were taking the same high school course they were. …
Continue reading →Pues el Señor disciplina a los que ama y castiga a todo el que recibe como hijo. ~Hebreos 12:6 NTV Ella sabía lo que había hecho–y recibió su corrección con buen ánimo. Nuestra pequeña perrita que era una mezcla Chihuahua-terrier tenía una avidez por los dulces. Después de varias circunstancias en cual ella se comió los caramelos, los chupetes, y chocolates de diferentes clases, nosotros aprendimos a guardar el basurero, cerrar puertas, y remover cualquier dulce fuera de su alcance … Continue reading →
We can never go wrong by showing kindness to others. Doing so will make the world a better place, even when our acts of kindness are not appreciated or reciprocated. And doing so will always please our Heavenly Father…
Continue reading →While initially shocking, the question gave Meme and Pop an ideal scenario to discuss what words we should and should not use and why. The question also allowed us to discuss sin and how it affects our actions, attitudes, and words. And we didn’t have to bring the subject up. We merely used a normal conversation and turned it into a teachable moment. …
Continue reading →By the time high school arrived, I’d lost all interest in school. The wrong kind of friends, followed by the wrong type of actions, took over. My parents continued to goad me to do my best, just as they had in elementary and middle school. I didn’t listen. Regardless of their efforts to push me forward toward a college education, I continued to slide backward with a don’t-care attitude…
Continue reading →Make sure the path you’re walking leads you to God…
Continue reading →Arkansas. Eleven hours away. But the place our daughter and family had moved. And more recently, the place where she planned to birth our fifth grandson. As things worked out, the birth would happen during my spring break at school, meaning I wouldn’t lose any days…
Continue reading →As the mud puddles lay cuddled beside the road, they invited my cousin and me to imbibe. And we did…
Continue reading →Why searching for snakes as a teenager intrigued me, I’m not sure. Perhaps I wanted to brag to my peers about my dangerous missions. Acceptance, you know. That thing we all look for from the earliest of ages. I certainly didn’t want to find a poisonous snake. I was actually…
Continue reading →That Christmas on the river proved to be the leanest my family had ever experienced, but it stands out as their most memorable. …
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