Flowers wilting, balloons losing air, candy’s been eaten and stores have Valentine’s items on clearance. Is your marriage reflective of the post-Valentine’s current situation? What do you do when your marriage has lost that loving feeling, now it’s gone, gone, gone, whoo ooh? Well, first grant yourself some grace and know that you are […]
In the 1966 hit record, What Becomes of The Brokenhearted, Jimmy Ruffin sings: The fruits of love grow all around But for me they come a tumblin’ down Every day heartaches grow a little stronger I can’t stand this pain much longer I walk in shadows Searching for light Cold and alone No comfort in […]
Hours on the phone, messages on social media, text, text and more text; such are the activities of many who are IN LOVE. Do you remember the days before cell phones and social media? When you needed to connect with someone, you had to call on the home phone. And if it was your […]
“Of all the hard times I’ve endured, ain’t nothing that real love can’t cure. Of all the hard times that I feel, ain’t nothing that real love can’t heal.” This is how I know he loves me! When I write God gives me things in pieces. So I had this list of scriptures […]
“Even if you were the only one entered in a ____________contest, you would come in second”. More than one husband said beauty, thinking their wives would concur. Come on guys, did you really expect these ladies to say they’re ugly? So much for knowing each other very well because they ALL got that one wrong. […]
He said it was the pink linen suit. The thing that drew him to me. A hand me down from my cousin. A 3-piece linen pantsuit with shoulder pads made for a linebacker. Yup…that’s what got his attention. His neon orange vest, Bo Jackson Nikes, fresh temple taper haircut and smooth DC […]
Running at a frenzied pace. Out the door. In the car. Drop 3 at school. Drop 1 at preschool. Back in the car. Errands. Errands. Errands. Do it all again in reverse. Boy Scouts, Church, Robotics. In and out and in and out. How about […]
Ahhh. Argh! I grimaced in pain as I lifted my arm attempting to carry out the most mundane task. I had just spent nearly 2 hours ironing a week’s worth of clothes. And the space between my shoulder blades is on fire. It literally feels like if I reach my hand back there […]
“Eeww, what’s that brown stuff?” my 4 year old asked as I placed a heaping spoon of viscous goodness in the blender. This brown stuff, nearly black in color and a little pungent is none other than Unsulfured Blackstrap Molasses. Molasses is something we may think of as a strange thing from a bygone era. […]
As I stood at my window watching fat juicy snowflakes fall, I thought of the intricate detail in which they are fashioned. Their complex design emerges as they travel through different temperatures and humidity levels. God knows each and every turn of the snowflake’s formation and knows what the end design will be. Not too […]