Aug 17, 2018 | Personal Blog
So yeah, I did a hard thing today. You might do it all the time and think it’s no big deal, but it sure was big for me. It made me sweat and change my clothes twice and growl at my husband (not an eyes-batting-come- hither growl, mind you, but a...
Aug 10, 2018 | Personal Blog
Hey y’all! Within the next two weeks, several people I love will be putting on their big girl panties and big boy briefs, ripping out their own hearts and taking their babies to college. So I thought I’d replay the freak...
Aug 1, 2018 | Personal Blog
Careful now! If you stand still very long in a South Carolina field, a kudzu vine just might curl its little fingers around your ankles, shimmy up your legs and arms and dress you up in a kudzu suit from head to toe! Take a good look at the photo and see what I mean....
Jul 20, 2018 | Personal Blog
I have to admit that I haven’t always been crazy about cheerleaders. It’s probably because the only attention I’ve ever gotten in a gym is when I was passing through on my way to the library and a random volleyball hit me in the head. But I’ve...
Jul 10, 2018 | Personal Blog
Have you been listening to the news much lately? Sometimes when I take in the world with all its pain and division, with its screaming voices and tears, it’s just too much. I start to wonder if it will ever get better- or if this is just the way it is...
Jun 26, 2018 | Personal Blog
See these sweet faces? Last Thursday morning while I was supposed to be helping these smart and funny and loving first and second graders be Jesus’ hands and feet in the world, I seriously wanted to bop a couple adults over the head. Or at least give them a good...