This past Sunday was resurrection day at our church community where we celebrated the new life God made in His image. Fifty-seven people...

This is an Advent season like no other. Never has there been a Christmas season where this entire globe we live on was at war against a...

Hello long, lost WordPress and friends, it’s been over a year since I’ve shared here on my blog the joys given to me from the...

I hope this “holy-day” will be filled with peace that passes all understanding and a joy that is wrapped tightly around your heart.  May...

Three, two, one… All of a sudden on a dark and cold evening, the corner of Ridge Road and Lake Boone Trail, and even farther, lit up with...

These vibrant leaves are clinging tightly to their wood as the wind begins to usher in the colder months ahead.  As this 2016 holiday...

There’s only a few days of school left.  Good grief!  How is this school year over already?  Summer might as well be here because it’s in...

Winter is drawing to a close. We’re getting some of those 70 degree days already here in NC. Different birds like gray titmouses and blue...

After enjoying the warm, spring-like holidays here in North Carolina, where flowers were in bloom, it’s the first week of January and...

#joy #peace

Last year on Christmas night I was outside in the cold, crisp air giving our dog a quick walk.  We were about to open gifts with my...

For some reason the other day I stumbled across a link of 66 Hidden Secrets in Disney Movies.  It was pretty amazing to see how many...

It was 6pm and my hair was still plastered to my forehead from sweating in the cloudless, 101 degrees day. I felt sticky and stinky...

This past fall, our family agreed we’d all like to take a road trip across America and back – in our minivan.  Yes, an RV would be nice...

Daily gifts.  The simple ones I don’t want to take for granted.  There’s flowers in bloom bringing new life, conversations with old and...

So far 2015 has been not an ordinary one for me: everything thing from two weeks of snow, performances, and gatherings of all kinds.  ...

There’s still so much to process from this past weekend. Pictures and comments exploded all over Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from...

All the empty boxes slid down the attic ladder and then down the stairs. The gifts put in their right places.  The ornaments taken off...

Today I’m joining in a blog link up with Emily Freeman at Chatting at the Sky.  Each month we’re encouraged to share what we’ve learned...

#joy