Ever have a moment when it seems that everything you can imagine to go wrong, goes wrong?  In that moment, every frustration takes hold of you.  Well that was me last week.  Many believe that as a Christian we are not supposed to get upset, frustrated, angry, emotional, you name it.  But Christians deal with…

One of my favorite hobbies is restoration of old furniture.  I take a piece of furniture that has scratches, dents and broken pieces.  Furniture that I can tell has great character to it but needs a little work.  I start by sanding off the rough edges, filling in the cracks and scratches.  I fix all…

Tonight my son made me such a proud mom.  Our youngest son had his solo performance before a judge this evening at school.  I had never seen him so nervous.  I stood there giving him the mom pep talk.  “You are going to do great.  Don’t worry, you got this.” Then I whispered in his…

How many times have you picked up a book to read and found yourself stuck on Chapter 1 because it was just that good that any chapter following didn’t matter?  My guess is…NEVER.  If you are a reader like me, I’m almost sure you pick up that book and start reading it and it gets…

Ommmmm…Okay so maybe that’s not the meditation I’m going to talk about tonight.  Meditating is one of THE hardest things for me to do.  I mean.  We are talking about me sitting quietly, without a peep out of my mouth or a thought in my mind.  Yeah…that’s not easy at all.  My mind is constantly…

How many times have we heard that saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”?    We learned to follow this Golden Rule in many areas of our lives.  When we put all our eggs in one basket, we are putting everything, our resources and efforts into one thing, one plan, one person.  We are…

What to do? What to do?  How many times have you found yourself lost in a cloud of questions trying to figure out if your next move is the right one?  That’s me right now.  I’m struggling with trying to figure out if my next step is in the right direction.  I know I’m being…

Today while reading the news highlights on the ever so truthful internet, I caught an article on ESPN about a UFC fighter named Ronda Rousey.  What caught my attention about this article was that she had contemplated suicide after her loss in her last match.  Here was a champion that was defeated and her title…

Last year my father-in-law had given us a big scare and was admitted back into the hospital.  Rene and I were under a lot of stress and worried about his father.  That day I asked Rene to take me the Japanese Friendship Garden at Hermann Park.  I felt the need to just get away to…

Every love story is beautiful…but there is one far greater and more moving than another you have heard of.  Our love story.  The love between God and us.  This love is greater above any other.  A love that is never ending…a love that forgives despite the circumstance.  A love so strong, that no sacrifice was…