Have you ever dropped to your knees with tears streaming down your face and whispered a prayer, "God, please help my child!" I'm not just talking about small children or teenagers I also include adult children. My mother is seventy-two, and she still prays for me. Her mother, my grandmother is … [Read more...] about When Parents Pray Till Their Knees Get Sore
Marriage
When Fame and Fortune Comes Before Family.
Do you ever look at your surroundings and wish you had so much more. That was me... "Mom, can I have a quarter to go to the candy store?" "Cindy, I don't have a quarter. If I did, I would give it to you." I walked all the way to school steaming mad. I hated my life. We seemed to never have … [Read more...] about When Fame and Fortune Comes Before Family.
Be Fruitful and Multiply
When my friend Linda and I were teenagers we would take the ten-minute walk uptown to a local restaurant and have coffee. Linda and I finished high school, and I went on to marry my sweetheart Vance, and have a large family. Linda moved from Wawa after high school and worked with people who had … [Read more...] about Be Fruitful and Multiply
Knight in Shining Armour
When you were a teenager was there a point in your life where you almost made a really stupid decision that would have ruined your life forever? I can relate, I was one of those foolish girls... When I was in high school and was at an age where I knew better than my mother what life was all about, … [Read more...] about Knight in Shining Armour
Joy Killer
Worry. Is there anyone on this earth who doesn't know that word inside and out? I am personally very familiar with this highway robber or should I say joy killer. In my short forty-eight years on this earth, I have learned something: most of what I WORRY about never came … [Read more...] about Joy Killer
My Brother’s Keeper
This post is dedicated to our children; Charity, Dan, Devyn, Aryanna, Eythan and Jazmin. Thank you, for being your brother's keeperđź’— Have you ever been to a movie that turns you into a blubbering mess? If your a man, have you been to one that caused you to swallow your Adam's apple a hundred times? … [Read more...] about My Brother’s Keeper