Mom passed away on Monday, June 1.  If you had talked to her before the Alzheimer’s got rooted in her brain, she would have told you that she wasn’t anything special.  She graduated from high school, raised her kids, went to church and worked in a grocery store.  She wasn’t ...

Over the past few days, I’ve felt out of sorts.  Things just feel off.  In Texas, we call that being just a little caddywhompus or being just a little left of center.  The best way to explain it to someone not familiar with the term is that it’s what happens ...

Last week, I shared my struggles with loneliness.  And believe you me, the struggle is real every day, y’all.  There are some days I’m more content than others, but loneliness always finds a way to make frequent, unauthorized appearances in my daily life.  And I’ve come to the conclusion that I ...

Loneliness is quite possibly one of the worst feelings I experience these days.  I’ve been a widow for almost 16 months and it wasn’t until probably the last 3-5 months that I realized loneliness had crept in, like a ninja stalking its enemy.  I suppose before then I had been ...

I woke up this morning convicted of a sin from the day before.  After getting right with God, I started thinking about why this particular sin has always been a problem for me.  It’s a personal struggle that I would love to banish from my life once and for all, ...