Today begins my 40th trip around sun. I wish I would’ve journaled at 20 what I envisioned my life would look like at 40 because MAN, it sure turned out differently than I thought. And while I truly, truly believe everything ends up exactly like it’s supposed to, the road up to this point not only has been filled with bumps, but also with lots of adventurous and exhilarating 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
Louisiana (There’s No Place Like Home)
As I write this, I am sitting on my parents’ back porch in Louisiana soaking in the last few minutes of sunlight. Dorothy was right when she spoke the words, “There’s no place like home.” My parents' yard is erupt with three colors of azaleas, Nancy Graybeards, yellow roses and dogwoods. When I woke this morning, I immediately caught the whiff of my mother’s bakings from Continue Reading