I am a grandma. I have three different names I go by, as of right now. My grandson Max calls me YaYa. My grandson Conner and granddaughter Ayla call me grandma. My granddaughter Juniper calls me Gamma. I have another granddaughter who will arrive anytime in the next few weeks. I’m guessing her sister will […]
Armchair Quarterbacks
As I sit here watching Tennessee football with my husband yelling at the tv screen… I feel sorry for the players. Even though I’m pretty sure they can’t hear him. The neighbors might… but the players won’t. But thousands of people are watching this game critiquing their every move. As we watch from afar […]
God’s Plan is Better Than Mine
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes. Matthew 6:33-34 Some people are weavers: they take lots of loose threads and […]
A Toxic Temptation
When I was a teenager, I remember this ad campaign for some kind of diet aid. The scene for the commercial was a secretary typing at her desk, when her intercom sounded. The intercom announced, “Betty, Betty …This is the doughnut in the next room calling. I’m ready for you to come eat me now. […]
Write What You Know
They say to write what you know. (Who are they BTW?) I don’t know an abundance of stuff. I’m better at tiny little tidbits of useless information. I love to read, and I pick up little bits of trivia that no one cares about, and then I recite it when the subjects come up, if […]
He Knows Your Name
She called me by name. My first grade teacher called me by name and told me a funny memory that she had of me from first grade… from 1981. No croutons. Extra ranch on the side. The waitress at my favorite restaurant doesn’t even ask. She just brings it to me the way I like […]
I Don’t Want to Grow Up
At the time I am writing this blog, the two year anniversary of my Mother’s graduation to heaven is only a few days away. Lately, I have been missing those who have gone on before me. My mind drifts to memories of lazy mornings with my Grandmother, Aunt Peggy and Momma sitting around the dining […]
Sound of Freedom
WHAT IS THE SOUND OF FREEDOM ABOUT AND SHOULD I SEE IT? The Sound of Freedom is a movie based on the true story of Tim Ballard, a federal agent that rescues a boy from child sex traffickers, and then learns that the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous […]
What Do I Choose
Today I read a statement. “What you don’t change, you choose.” What am I choosing? I get up every morning, and go about my morning routine. You know the drill, shower, brush teeth, fix my hair, etc. I go downstairs and pour a cup of coffee. I then go sit on the couch and pull […]
A Clean So Powerful
All of us have seen those adds for laundry detergent or all-purpose cleaning spray or some newly imagined delivery system for dish soap that claim to be so powerful at cleaning, that dirt just flees as soon as it is applied. The close-up camera angles show the little bubbles of dirty grease repelled, as if […]