*I wrote this for a blog a couple of years ago, and posted it on our Facebook, but I needed to put it here on our blog, as well. I hope...

(*written a year or two ago for a friend's blog, now posted here for you all to read. I hope it is an encouragement.) In 1981, a...

A New Life April 20, 2001, had finally arrived. Tommy and I had been anxiously awaiting this day for months. We had been corresponding...

Big Changes Life continued on, with some big changes. My mom met and married a man, Bruce, who became my stepdad. We moved out of the...

Teen Stuff Main thought: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways – Proverbs 23:26 Proverbs 23 is filled with...

I read this on a post by Karen Rodriguez. I thought it was so good that I wanted to share it here! Her blog is here . *First Draft, wrote...

My Knight in Shining Armor *By Cassandra McMurtry, written in 2000. I sighed with dismay as I gazed 'oer the land, For it was quite a...

I have a list of Bible verses in the back of my Bible that I love to have handy. Sometimes I need them when challenged on my beliefs on...

Once upon a time, in a land far away, or perhaps nearer than you imagine, lived a peasant family. This family didn't have much when it...

I could feel the agony in the terrified girl. She was frightened. In college, 18 years old, still living at home with her mother. And...

We were so blessed to have Mrs. Anderson join us as a special guest a couple weeks ago. We had a great discussion, so we wanted to...

"Mommy, I have some beautiful flowers for you!" I looked up from what I was doing, and saw the expectant face of my 4 year old. I could...

Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the...

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die;...

-Benefits of having large families Well, you will never be lonely, that's for sure! It teaches children responsibility, and how to look...

Psalms 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Grief. Loss. Tears. Those three...