It occurs to me that in the midst of living, life is lived. And if we're not careful, we'll miss it or overlook it. It's lived even on Mondays when you roll out of bed at the crack of dawn to let your dog out to potty. When you don't have your contacts in and the early morning sun looks pearly orange and...Read More

So many things have been happening lately that wipe the smile from my face and cause tears to well up in my eyes and stream down my cheeks. Events that lay heavy burdens of pain and sorrow on my heart. If I didn't fully believe that the God I serve is truly who He says He is, I would probably say that the...Read More

Last Wednesday, I woke up before the crack of dawn in order to get to the airport for my 6:55 flight to Tampa. Yeah! It was a perfect, but very long day. I flew Southwest and had absolutely no complaints. Every leg of the flight was on-time and I was fortunate enough to sit by great people and actually make some friends on...Read More

Last Tuesday, July 17, August Banner celebrated his 4th birthday. This handsome sweet boy has brought so much joy into our lives. I could not be more thankful for him. He loves body art. He loves building things with blocks and legos.  He loves to paint and be creative, although he told me the other day that he didn't want to do an...Read More

I am jumping the gun by a few days, but I can't help it. I am just SO EXCITED!  This is our new puppy. Or will be, on Wednesday, when I fly to Tampa to pick her up!  This is a first, even for me. Flying somewhere to get a puppy. I drove to Mississippi to get Bailey 11 years ago, but we...Read More

Over a year ago, while at dinner with some dear friends, they shared with us their list of Family Values.  It was a short list of words which they had carefully considered and defined as the values they most wanted their family to strive for and represent. They explained to us that they talked about these values regularly with their children and tried...Read More

So my painting class continues...Two Fridays have passed since I've updated this blog (oops) and that means I've had two more art classes, both of which involved the same live model as the first class but officially using paint and canvas now. Interestingly, I found it much easier to draw with my paintbrush, rather than sketch on a pad. Having previously used acrylics,...Read More