Receiving a good recipe is like getting a present! So today, I have a really good present for you! This recipe/present was shared with me in December of 2003 by my dear friend Anne, with an E. I have made it for 17 years and it is truly a gift that keeps on giving each time I ladle up a bowl for a friend. I served it most recently on Sunday evening to a group of young friends that gathered at our home. I was asked for the recipe once again. Y'all, it is so good and the proof was that I ... Read More about Award Winning White Chili Recipe
Scripture Memory Team – Verse 19
Friends, it's the 15th of the month and that means that we have made it to our last verse of 2020. I want to celebrate! Of course, celebrations are up my sleeve just as natural as my long arms! I love to celebrate people and occasions! So, let's celebrate today! Let's celebrate 2020 - yes, this year has been so good to me! Did you know that I started back hosting the Scripture Memory Team during this crazy season? Yes, March 15th was the restart date! Isn't that good news? I wish I could ... Read More about Scripture Memory Team – Verse 19
Sticks, a Tractor Pull, & Sonny and Cher
You may be asking: What do those three very different things have in common? So all that talking about sticks earlier today on Facebook, got me to thinking that I need to share the story of when we participated in a Newlywed game at church about 15 years ago. They asked the men: "What one item of your wife's would you really like to tie a chain to a tractor and pull away?" Or something crazy like that.. That's when the Salesman said: "All her sticks." Well, no one there knew ... Read More about Sticks, a Tractor Pull, & Sonny and Cher
On curls and staying in
I can not contain my joyful refrain: There is power in His Name! And joy and delight When all is merry and bright. My humble thanks to the hair wizards hands Who spreads curls throughout the land. I have Jesus. I have curls. It’s a good day. I am determined to find good and beauty in today even though I somehow deleted the internet button off my phone - and where are my tech savvy children to help me find it again?! It would’ve been the perfect night to go out, and I’ve wanted ... Read More about On curls and staying in
Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Leaves, Snow, & Letting Go
Normally, the leaves of our magnificent Gingko all flutter to the ground in one day; but, enter 2020, the year of endless possibilities for *things* to be different. I've decided that different is not always bad. The story of the 2020 Ginkgo tree shedding its leaves unfolded in three days this year. Monday, November 30th: The leaves started to pepper down. It was almost as if they were in slow motion and I felt like I could've ran and caught each one in my hands as I watched them ... Read More about Finding Beauty in Every Face & Place – Leaves, Snow, & Letting Go