Have you heard this saying: “Hurry is not of the devil. Hurry is the devil.” ? I get it.  I am kinda like a devil when I am in a hurry. I get angry at my husband, thinking he should be helping me. I push and resent others if they block/interrupt me when I am … Continue reading S L O W Down →

“Gramma, look! A red bird!” It was exciting for my 6 y.o. ‘Spanish’ granddaughter to see her first North Carolinian cardinal. I was happy with her, and I wanted to tell her this story.   Back a long time ago, when I was a student at MacArthur High School in Texas, each Friday morning in … Continue reading Stop, Look, and Listen →

I have a confession to make: I don’t like dogs. As a kid I loved the TV show Lassie and I read lots of library books about dogs (I still remember loving "Irish Red"), but I never had one and after living in Cochabamba for 21 years where there are more dogs than people -- … Continue reading Penny →

I love little kids. I love their smiles, their conversations, their entertaining imaginations and happy art creations. I don’t love their innate selfishness, unreasonableness, nor their sometimes meanness. This week I was volunteering at music camp. It was lots of fun, but I’m not gonna lie, I am glad it’s over.   How many years … Continue reading Ebenezer →

“Friendships are discovered, rather than made.”  Harriot Beecher Stowe wrote. Discovered. I like that thought. I've had some great ‘discoveries’ in my lifetime.   Whenever I go to Dallas, I try to see my dearheart friend J. We like to meet at Whole Foods for our snippet visits. We talk way above the speed limit, … Continue reading What a Friend →

Even though it happened many years ago, I remember it clearly. It was Christmas break my last year of college. I was in Northern Wisconsin at HoneyRock Camp. Alone in a room full of bunkbeds. Lying on a bottom bunk. Zoned out reading a book called “I Loved a Girl” by Walter Trobisch. I had … Continue reading Always Father’s Day →

Did you get to roller-skate when you were young?  Recently I was reminded of how much I loved roller-skating. When I was a girl, our big downtown Dallas church had a recreation building with a gym, a trampoline, a four lane bowling alley, and one whole floor was a food bar and a roller skating … Continue reading Joy-seeds →