I remember walking on the trail near my house this past year. My border collie and my son's pit bull/boxer mix caught up with me as I carefully walked over the stepping-stones crossing the creek. It had been a long winter and I was searching for any evidence of spring...
I live with one of gods children. Lori Jenkins was born with flavimaculatus (congenital retinal abiatrophy) (deteriation of the retna) ever since a younger age she has been loosing her sight and has two siblings with the same disease. She was sent away to the Ohio...
Even I begin to wonder how it is that I get to witness so many incredible things. I question why so many wonderful people come into my life so often leaving me full of hope and inspiration.We went one last time to the fair on Friday. As we walked one last time around...
"My mother was a young girl of 19 when I was born so I was raised by my grandparents in a farming town in North Carolina. I was a fat child, pigeon-toed, and as a result fell down all of the time. 1 also had a speech impediment. When I spoke it sounded like 1 had...
I have been driving for over 30 years now but I can still remember my first time behind the wheel like it was yesterday. My Mom had driven our big, blue Plymouth to a narrow, deserted back road and parked it. The road was only one lane and had a wall built with old,...
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance" (Romans 5:3, NIV) In my lifetime I have had the honor of meeting some of the most fascinating people.What made them fascinating to me wasn't what they did for a...
Reality is a monster sometimes.It can also be a dream come true.Then again, that dream can be a monster.It was 5:30 and still day light. My energy was at its peak and the clock was saying slow down.I actually left the apartment and sat in my car. I had nowhere to go,...
