A few weeks ago my mom said she was going to Florida and wanted my family to go.  She had told me this before, but this summer has been impo...

Yesterday I found myself in a rather generous mood.  I had been given the task of tending to my neighbor's garden while they were away...

Recently, I attended a professional development on teaching students with dyslexia.  The professional development was supposed to help us ...

After several years of not posting a single thing, I think I am ready to go back to my Clappy Shoes!  Yay!  I am celebrating with my cup o...

Dear Clappy Shoes Blog, I miss you.  Do you miss me?  We have not had much time together this year.  Why do you think that it is so diffi...

I am sitting on the beach kind of caught up in all of the scenery around me. There are lots of cliche things that I could make my subject l...

This is the email that I sent to McGuires earlier today. It is the follow-up from my last year's visit. Last year my family and I wen...

Check out me latest post, "Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours, but . . ." on 5 Minutes for Faith. I hope that it encourages you...

I wrote this devotional for 5 Minutes for Faith . I hope that it encourages your heart today!

The Importance of Winter is something that I wrote for 5 Minutes for Faith . I hope that it encourages your heart today.

Have you ever felt like your prayers were not being heard? You cry out every day the same prayer and it seems like there is no response. N...

I have a new post up at 5 Minutes for Faith . I hope you will check it out. I am sorry that I have not posted much here, but I have lots o...

A major football rival and our town go up against each other. There is one minute left in the game and the other team is winning by three. ...

I have a devotional up at 5 Minutes for Faith today . I am sorry, but this is the only writing that I can get to lately. I hope that it e...

I have a post up today titled, " Sin in My Shoe " at 5 Minutes for Faith. I hope that it encourages your heart.

A couple of weeks ago, Lisa Whelchel, aka Blair Warner from the "Facts of Life", came to a town really close to us. My friend, Sh...

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. This morning I had an opportunity to do a li...

I have a post up today at 5 Minutes for Faith titled My Daily Choices . I hope that you are encouraged by it. Many blessings!

The last few months, I have felt like I was in a corn maze. I would go one way and it was a dead end. I went another way and yet another d...

I have a devotional up on Faith Lifts today. I hope it is an encouragement to your heart. http://www.5minutesforfaith.com/1197/when-god-say...

This has to be the dreamiest part of my whole day. I have a glass of iced tea, my Bible, my computer and I am on the back porch/deck that m...

Honestly, I cannot think of another time I have taken a picture of my fingernails. On Friday, I had a French manicure, but today it looks m...

Last year, I became a contributing writer to an awesome website, " 5 Minutes for Faith ." I have a post up there today. Please c...