You guys, how is it already Christmas? Is it just me or does time pass faster the older we get? It seems like it was just January, and I was sending you guys out a New Year’s note and telling you how I was gonna write more in 2018. *face palm* And here it is Christmas and I barely wrote anything this year! I have a lengthy list of post ideas flying around in my head (and in Continue Reading
2017: A Year in Review and Things Pondered for 2018
What a year y’all! Unexpectedness was rampant, joys overflowed and the Lord’s faithfulness was proven true (once again). It never ceases to amaze me just how much the Lord can teach and lead over the course of one year. So by the time I’m 80, I should be one, wise ol’ chickadee. :-) 2017 was significant in so many ways. In December 2016, I suffered the first (and Continue Reading
Finding Mayberry in Minden
In early 2014, I was happily residing in sunny, south Texas. Everything was right in my world. All aspects of my life were extremely fulfilling. I LOVED my work. For the first time in my adult life, I was completely and utterly in love with my church. My circle of friends was deeper and wider than ever before. My neighborhood was lined with palm trees that swayed like 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
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