Since our earliest days of marriage, God has blessed Ray and me with godly mentors. One is our friend Cora Beal, now in her mid-nineties. It has been 36 years since we lived in the same town and saw each other often, but her love, wisdom, and kind manner will always be in my heart. Cora Beal came ... View Post
Precious Moments
I have learned not to recommend books to people until I have finished the very last page, so I haven't yet mentioned the name of the book I am listening to. So far so good, so I am expecting to recommend it to you very soon. I am sharing another story from it today. I told you yesterday about the ... View Post
When We Don’t Understand, We Can Be Understanding
Our cow neighbors who live across the road from us have been acting differently since Sunday. That day they were standing as a group in water up to their ankles. Having never been in a family who owned a cow, I am not well-versed in cow behavior, but they certainly looked as if they were gleeful ... View Post
Buds and Petals and Children
The first wildflowers are beginning to bloom in our little corner of Tennessee. I saw this pretty yellow one last week. It reminds me of children. Each of these buds and blooms is on the same stem. They have all received basically the same nourishment from the sunshine overhead and from the ... View Post
It’s All Yours
Many years ago, when we were a young family in Mississippi, Ray taught a Sunday School class in a little hideaway upstairs classroom. It was a young marrieds class about marriage. He would be the first to tell you that he was way too young to be teaching such a class. We remember it fondly ... View Post
A Generational Valentine
On Saturdays I have been sharing art from Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration. Today I'd like to share a Valentine from 1882 instead. The verse reads: My love is like the steadfast sun, Or streams that deepen as they run. I think of thee, dear love of mine, The best of all that’s ... View Post
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