The first fat drops begin to fall, and I still have about four more passes with the lawn mower before I can consider my job "done." It starts with a vengeance as I begin pushing the mower through the wide wooden gate, drizzling down my hair and face and washing the lawn with fresh spring. [...]
Her wavy long light brown hair, free-spirited, slightly messy, and stunning as always, flowed behind her as she ran down the hallway, clutching her floral notebook, her sparkly purse hanging crossbody from shoulder to hip. Ella is curious and bright, with a hint of mischief hiding in her chestnut eyes. We struck up a conversation [...]
In my young 20s, I roomed with a gal who became a dear friend. Much to my simple-makeup-wearing-self's amazement, Elizabeth actually had a makeup routine. One step in her routine always made me chuckle as we were putting makeup on side by side in the mirror: she would take her blow dryer, direct the heat [...]
Every time I pick up a pen, I'm outside of my comfort zone. When I carry a camera in my hands, I sometimes feel incapable of capturing the scene that I see in my heart. The humblest tools of a pen and a camera become the most debilitating. Who am I to think I can [...]
I have a bad habit. My husband knows it, and still loves me. I sometimes hide it, but it's always there. Here it is: I am a chronic tab user. My Web browser is chock full of open tabs. Let me explain. I use bookmarks, I do. I save links. But if I'm simply [...]
A mind at perfect peace with God: Oh, what a word is this! A sinner reconciled through blood: This, this indeed is peace. By nature and by practice far, How very far from God! Yet now by grace brought nigh to Him Through faith in Jesus' blood. So nigh, so very nigh to God, I [...]
Here in South Texas, we had what felt like was an early spring. Bluebonnets started sprouting. Early seedlings popped out. Hints of verbena and lantana began to show themselves. Last night, though, San Antonio bundled up for a late-season cold snap. The temperature gauge says "28 degrees," with plans to stay down in that vicinity [...]
Oh, dear Abby—I had so many emotions wash over me watching you walk to the car with your Daddy after church. This world you’re inheriting is a broken place. Just this weekend, I saw a sight I never expected: Confederate, American, and Nazi flags all flown together in the face of all that is good. [...]
