As much as I love the beach I tend to sit under an umbrella or in the water. Saturday afternoon when we arrived and unloaded we were all...

Recently I have heard often, "I can work remotely." It is a term we hear more often these days. Studies show that employees are happier...

Mike likes to remember the story of when I was pregnant with my first child. After I would get off of work I would walk four miles every...

When you hear your doctor say, "you are stage III now but we will know in two weeks if it has spread to your bone and brain," your...

As soon as I came on staff at church I learned about the “flower ministry”. When I came around the corner to my office there was a field...

When all of my Mom's family gathered at the lake in the summer everyone brought boxes of tomatoes from their gardens. (Not us beach...

Memorial Day – to some it’s the beginning of summer and to others it’s a solemn day to remember those who have passed from this life. To...

Since Sarah graduated I have thought a lot about the word, success. We want to be successful. We want our children to have success. ...

When I was around six years old I had a Sunday School teacher named, Mrs. Aiken. I thought she was so beautiful and so nice. I cannot...

I am sure all of you get those annoying telemarketing calls, daily. My most frequent one asks for Doris every time. One day I was so...

As I reflect on my daughter, Sarah's, birthday I think about how time flies. Mike and I talked today about her graduation and how...

At church our new sermon series is, "Back To Basics." This morning I thought of how I used to tell my girls, "remember who and whose you...

It is funny how you look at things change as you get older and have more wisdom. When I think of power and authority I think of how I...

For a couple of years we had our house on the market. There were times that we got frustrated with the slow market because of the...

As a mom I could get our house ready, without stress, five days a week, to go to school and work but Sunday mornings were always...

I was talking to someone recently about their depression. They said they had learned that even in the darkest times they recognized that...

Mike and I had been married over four years and he had just gone full time with UPS so I could be a stay at home mom. We were thrilled...

When Mike and I pulled down the long and curvy driveway beneath old live oaks filled with moss we knew we were home. This was the home...

As we celebrate the ladies in our lives this Mother's Day, I am so grateful for my mother. I will always be able to hear my mother say,...

You know how some people you meet you just hit it off immediately? That is how today was when I had to meet my new friend, Kim! We had...