This post is a weeeee bit different than my normal. If you read The Minute Magazine, you may have read this in the current issue. The editor asked us to write a "how to" column to mesh with the issue's theme. Over the last few years, I've had friends ask me about some of my "tricks of the trade." So I thought you guys, along with readers of TMM, might enjoy hearing a few of Continue Reading
Lynnette’s Story of Grace, Forgiveness, Faith and Hope: Where is She Now?
Many of you followed along as I shared Lynnette's story of grace, forgiveness, faith and hope almost one year ago. We learned how she persevered after one extreme circumstance after another. She has endured MUCH more than many of us ever will. Yet, she has overcome like none other. She loves selflessly and tirelessly gives of herself for her family and friends. So what has Continue Reading
How A Simple White Cottage Orchestrated A Divine Friendship
In the mid 1970’s, the Jim Hodges family rented a simple white cottage in Minden, Louisiana, from Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fitzgerald. Little did they know at that precise moment, the Lord was orchestrating a divine friendship that would change the life of one of their daughters nearly forty years later. The Hodges family along with their two daughters, Karrie and Whitney, lived Continue Reading
When You’ve Already Fallen Short On Your New Year’s Resolution
Today on SimplySara, I'm thrilled to introduce you to my sweet friend, Anna K. Hughes. She has an amazing heart for the Lord and I know you'll enjoy meeting her. The plans I had for 2017 fell apart before it even started, so I think it's probably safe to say some of you *may* have already fallen short on your New Year's Resolution(s). If this is the case for you, Continue Reading
When I Was Forced to Lie in Green Pastures
It was a hard December for me, y’all. I wish I could tell you my faith held strong and didn’t waver. I found myself questioning God (again) and wanting a different life. I ended up smack in the middle of a health crisis that wasn’t planned (are they ever?) and was FORCED to give up normal. For about 25 years, I’ve struggled with endometriosis. I’ve mostly managed the Continue Reading
When My Greatest Mistake Turned Into My Greatest Blessing
Back in the spring of 2008, my now ex-husband and I were presented with an amazing opportunity to move from Arkansas to Salt Lake City. I felt the Lord’s hand ALL over the details. Every single thing fell right into place. We nearly doubled our salaries, the house we JUST built sold relatively quickly, and a new job fell RIGHT into my lap. As we were pondering the move Continue Reading
7 Things I’ll Miss About Corpus Christi
A little over a week ago, I made the choice to leave the comfortable and familiar, for a new adventure in a familiar area, yet uncomfortable new surroundings (very different from the environments I’ve resided in for the last 15 years). I cried as I closed my garage door one final time. It was excruciating to leave the comfortable and familiar, even when I knew the Lord’s hand Continue Reading
I’ll Never Move Back to Louisiana (Part 2)
Honestly, in my entire life, I don’t think I’ve ever been as drawn to anything…much less a house that would capture my affection and undivided attention. I KNEW the Lord was calling me home. Every time I visited my family, I soaked in the tall pine trees, azaleas and slower pace of life in north Louisiana. I could feel it drawing me in. I KNEW He wanted me near my Continue Reading
I’ll Never Move Back to Louisiana (Part 1)
Famous. Last. Words. In 1995, when I graduated high school and went to college at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR, I was SO ready to get out of Louisiana. “I will NEVER move back here!” I exclaimed. In 1998 I graduated college, moved back to Louisiana and began my first teaching job in Bossier Parish. (Man I loved those kids at Plain Dealing Elementary. I Continue Reading
Why I Keep Going Back to Guatemala
Has the Lord ever called you to do something CRAZY? Like get on a plane to a foreign country with a group of strangers, not knowing what you’ll do or where you’ll stay once your feet hit the ground?! For this Type A, hyper-planning, uber-structured gal, this was a massive risk, and massively uncomfortable. And I did this very thing, early in 2013. After reading Wrecked by Continue Reading
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