It was 1978, and I was still naïve and green behind the ears. But there was just something different that year. It was the first time in my life that I dared to shoot for extraordinary. I didn’t even...
It was on the Sunday before Christmas that the youth director told us to consider who we wanted to be in the coming year. I was a shy and naïve teenager, and couldn’t who or what I wanted to be. But...
It was on Christmas Eve around 8 PM that my phone rang. I assumed it was a “Merry Christmas” call. A worker at the Alzheimer’s Care Home had accidentally turned my dad’s wheelchair over and his...
I was three years old and my thumb was crushed and stuck in the gears of a chamois wringer at a gas station. I was screaming, and blood was everywhere. The only way to get it out was to ring it...
When I was a little girl I could hardly wait til the last day of school. As the bus would near my home I could see Mamaw’s car in the driveway. My heart began thumping like a bass drum in my chest...
Thanksgiving Great food Turkey … Family … Friends … Laughter Pumpkin pie. It’s all part of a wonderful day But midst all of those great things, don’t forget ‘tis the season to give...
I couldn’t breathe. My chest was pounding, but in a different way. It was like each pounding beat was the breaking off of another piece of my heart. Pain shot through my neck and down my left arm like...
We even acknowledge it in our invitations: “the honor of your presence is requested” Presence matters! But the presence I’m talking about is not your body being present and accounted for. The...
Yes! I’m talking to you! No matter where you are on your journey, your DNA has the programming of wings to fly to take you to greater places! I was just a little girl when this revelation came to me...
