I was born into a traveling life, my dad was in the Unites States Army and we moved around since my birth until I was 11- then we came home to Illinois, to my grandmas and family(happy heart day for me)- but I never stopped moving around the area. I have always had an intense…

Today I sat at my grandma’s kitchen table, a place so familiar and comforting to me I could say it’s one of my favorite places on earth. I looked at her, she was eerily quiet for her. But I just looked at her, with so much thankfulness in my heart. I saw years of prayer,…

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ” How often I think of that “ought”. no sugary sentiment there. Just a stern, glorious trumpet call, OUGHT. But can words tell the joy buried deep within? Mine…

the goats spared her, not sure why. Maybe they know I love my flowers dearly. Ha! But today when I saw this lone standing August lily blooming in the hard compacted dirt under the shade of an oak– I thought, August already. These lilies remind me that fall is close by every year, school days…

When I was a little girl my Aunt and Uncle had this amazing rope swing in the big tree on their farm. It was so exhilarating and fun to swing on that rope. I was praying to remember that feeling the last few weeks. Last summer my husband put a rope in a tree for…