It was 11 A.M. on a Saturday morning and I was parked outside a local animal shelter waiting for it to open. It had been several months since my beloved Beagle Snoopy had passed away and I finally felt ready to bring a new dog into my home. On Friday afternoon my...
“Why is everyone smiling at me?” It was a few years back when you could still see the lower half of people’s faces without masks. It was the first day of Spring after a rather long and rugged Winter. The sun was shining. The breeze was...
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Psalms 19:1 NIV)It was a spectacular Spring day. The temperatures were quickly climbing into the eighties. The sun had risen over the mountains and was bathing...
I was on my way to the grocery store to buy some bananas today. An Autumn chill had finally arrived in the October mornings here in the mountains of my home. Still, I wasn't quite ready to trade in my shorts and Hawaiian shirts for jeans and a jacket just yet. I...
"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps. 118:24 NKJV); "I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing." (Ez. 34:26 NKJV) The mountains of my home are in the...
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)I was a Sophomore in High School and I dreamed of being a football star. During...
I can remember when I was in college I cut out two magazine pictures, one of a silver gray Mercedes and one of a Mansion. They were what I dreamed of driving and living in. I had spent most of my childhood growing up in my Nana’s old, ramshackle house with my Mom,...