Funny. Witty. Easy to read and dotted with a southern drawl. I loved this book! In Giddy Up, Eunice, Sophie Hudson takes a look at the relationships between Mary and Elizabeth, Ruth and Naomi, and Lois and Eunice. Using modern day terminology, she adds anecdotal content to explain how friendships between generational gaps are not…
It’s inevitable. If you have a child, they will eventually be away from home . . . Which each flip of the calendar page, I realize the days are passing quicker than I want them to, and the kids are growing up faster than I anticipated. As such, I toggle between cutting the apron strings,…
I turned my back on them, forced my feet to move, and fought the tears that threatened to spill. My heart begged me to turn around, but my head knew I couldn’t. I walked on. The tears refused to cooperate, and I quickly wiped my eyes. Please don’t let them know. Please don’t let them…
I don’t see myself as a quitter, but I do have an inclination to quit things. I’m not talking about quitting the negative things. The negative things—well, they need to go by the wayside. It’s the positive things that I don’t want to quit. Although . . . there are times when I subject myself…
Trust is something that I have been thinking about a lot lately. Where do I place my trust? All too often I seem to place my trust in the things around me, the things that I can actually see. My comfort lies there in those zones, with the tangible and the real. But in truth, anything…
WHATEVER! – A single word that can be used in a derogatory fashion. WHATEVER DAD! WHATEVER MOM! WHATEVER GOD! WHATEVER! Vs. Whatever – A single word that precedes a positive action or quality. “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the…
Years ago I thought time passed slowly, too slowly some days. When the girls entered our world I wanted time to move slower so they could stay young for as long as possible. Well, I felt that way until they hit the terrible two’s, and then I thought that stage of life couldn’t end fast…
At least one time during my teen years, my grandfather challenged all of the grandkids to read the Bible from cover to cover. For encouragement, as a Christmas present, he gave each of us a version of the One Year Bible. Unfortunately, I was quite defiant and didn’t think it was possible for me to…
Words have been difficult for me to express lately. Normally I don’t struggle too much with words, but honestly, right now, I don’t know what to say. The past few weeks have been weeks of extreme highs and extreme lows. The high points: My daughter’s volleyball team won second place in the district playoffs, and…
I remember the day very well. The arguing began before I ever crawled out of bed. It was like a nagging alarm clock that would not stop ringing. My eyes flickered open and a growl escaped my lips. Plopping my feet on the floor, the words Good morning Lord were not a part of my…
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