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. …
Continue reading →Our Thanksgiving gathering wasn’t what I hoped for. Circumstances built a siege against us….
Continue reading →Any promise I make, I should honor.
Continue reading →I couldn’t help but wonder what George Vanderbilt thought about Jesus’ warning against storing up wealth on earth. But then again, did Jesus really say it was a sin to do so? Perhaps His warning was only against the dangers of what wealth can do to our focus.
Continue reading →You walked into my life— An angel of mercy, A guardian of light For a darkened soul. You took my hand And led me into joy. You lifted my heart To an enduring height. The plain upon which we walk Is not lightly traversed— Only few find its treasure, But we travel undaunted. Now we two are one, Entwined in mangled cords, A bond formed with love That time cannot concede. As the wind is free, But bound among … Continue reading →
