Source Things that make me happy: when things go my way all the time when I always say the right thing when my husband rea...

Matthew and I just spent a week in what is probably my favorite place in the whole world...Washington State.  My favorite not just because o...

As Valentine's Day approaches and I get all wrapped up in finding ways to show my loved ones how much they mean to me, I don't wan...

A few years ago, the Lord laid on my sister-in-law's heart to start a Bible study with some of her friends. It was neat how the Lord w...

Summer is the perfect time to catch up on a little reading.  It hasn't always been easy to find that time, but somehow I seem to squeez...

Have you ever been very perfectly happy? Maybe Valentine's Day is spilling backwards into my weekend.  I don't know, but yesterday ...

It's easy for me to tell my husband that I love him but often it's difficult to think of unique ways to SHOW him I love him.  I fou...

I had this poem framed as a gift to my husband on our wedding day.  It now sits on the dresser in our bedroom. TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSB...

This Valentine season, it's easy to get caught up in candy hearts, chocolate boxes, and red balloons. But I don't want to forget wh...

"Renew your mind so that you can tell the difference between the Holy Spirit leading and your emotions leading." -Bobby Bryant ...

Have you ever come across something that startled you by it's unlikely connection to your life? As I was preparing this past summer f...

Anyone who has ever taught knows that if your student's eyes are not on you, then they probably aren't listening. Yet a pair of ...

         It's amazing to me that when I talk to some of my younger students about 9/11, they have almost no memory of it.  They were too...

Summer! All year long, I've been looking forward to these few short months when I would finally have more than enough time to dive into ...

"This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 As I sat on my couch this week, tryi...

My husband and I just got back from a wonderful trip visiting family and friends in Washington State.  Here are some things I love most abo...

I took a walk down that beautiful but sometimes tear-jerking path we call memory lane TWICE today.  I played the piano for our high school g...

I would definitely take these stairs if I had the choice.  Although, I'd probably be late to wherever I was going.....

Have you ever been in a situation where ALL you could do is wait?  JUST WAIT! Well, I'll tell you, that is very difficutl for me. It...

"A gift of words" is a term I heard used time and time again by one of my professors in college.  She would say that one of the gr...