A Fatherless Journey: A Walk Down No Memory Lane
Dear Daddy, I did it again tonight. I went looking for you. Well, at least the faint outlines of your footprints. I found the street you...
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Claim Your Future
To My Graduating Niece: Dear Leah, Yours has been such an interesting life so far; constantly moving and changing without ever asking your...
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Look What You Just Did
Dear God, It happened again. You surprised me. Just when I thought you were too busy, preoccupied with your bazillion other requests on...
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Crying Over Our Cities
Boston. New York. Atlanta. Newtown. Aurora. Oklahoma City. Columbine. Many cities have brought me to tears. And to my knees. Events play...
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The Power of the Hymn
I spent a great deal of my weekend trying in vain to be the twelfth caller to K-Love, a nation-wide Christian radio station. They were...
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The Absence of Darkness
With only the dim light that trickled down from the street light, she fingered her way on the keypad to access the security door to the...
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Coffee Ground Memories
I was at the grocery store with my Aunt Joanne. A rare occurrence, brought by the fact that I was four and she had time to watch me. I was...
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The Hoax?
Sometimes, it’s really difficult to know what to believe. The internet has been called “The Information Superhighway.”...
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Theme Word for 2013
A carefully chosen word can create a thousand pictures. I truly believe this statement. In fact, my life as a writer depends on...
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Sometimes When We Touch
On Friday, December 14th, like many of you, I found myself glued to the television screen, barely able to comprehend the brutal words...
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God Must Be Busy
“God must be busy….” Strong words rarely spoken. Not out loud anyway. If they are uttered, it is usually under our breath...
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My Place at the Table
“You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies…” (Psalm 23:5 NIV) It’s a great feeling to have a place...
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Almost a Memory
Behind every person lies a story waiting to be revealed. Mine is simple. Shaped by tragedy from the start, I moved on to a life filled with...
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What Can I Do For You?
In the best relationships, there comes a time when it crosses over an important threshold. It is that threshold that takes it from being...
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Increasing my Numbers
May 7, 1967 – Corinth, Mississippi- day I was born November 15, 1967 – Memphis, Tennessee – the day Daddy died January...
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Becoming a Contributor
Stuck in a long line of traffic, I sighed heavily and turned up the radio to overpower my singing as I planned to sing I sing through the...
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And Sometimes, Why?
Death. It’s been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I didn’t understand it then, as a three-year-old asking...
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Olympic Trials
There’s just something about the Olympics. Vaulted onto the world’s stage every four years, we can’t help but take...
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My Junk vs. Jesus
My prayer journals are filled with it. My mind is too crowded with it. My heart is weighed down by it. My future is inhibited by it. My...
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Statistics
“467 traffic fatalities on Tennessee roadways this year. Please don’t be next.” The electric sign warned from above the...
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Sojourners
I always thought that home was where I belonged–until I no longer had one. At least, not the house my husband and I had grown to...
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The Perfect Father
For me, Father’s Day has always been a reminder of what I never had. I lost my father to a car accident when I was a baby. Before I...
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His Plan, His Timing
It is entirely possible that I have just wasted an entire year of my life. My intentions were good. I was on the right course. Taking...
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Becoming a ‘Dult’
I tried to hide it from her, but the tears came anyway. Harder, faster, accompanied by sobs, louder than I expected. But make no mistake;...
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The Thorn in My Smile
It’s been over ten years. That’s a circled-on-the-calendar date for those diagnosed with cancer. A true reason to celebrate. In...
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What I Love About Teens
“Awww. Mom. Look how cute. Can we keep him?” I glanced over to the sidewalk. He wandered, as if he had no place to go, but kept...
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Jesus, Can I Hold You?
Our relationship would never be the same. I was sure of it. Somewhere, at that foot of that cross, it hit me. Finally. The earth shook...
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Turning Over the Keys
She edges closer to the door, activating the checklist in my mind. “Here, take the GPS. And your cell phone charger.” I pile both items...
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Creating a Vision
My daughter gave me the raised eyebrow, at first. This gesture grew more common as she approached the age of 18. She was long past the age...
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Imperfect Parenting
At first, I thought it was just my little secret. As a first-time mother, still basically a child myself, I gazed into the eyes of my...
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