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I love it when my bathroom is clean. When it sparkles, shines and smells fresh. Now I don’t like the process to get it that way. The scrubbing. The wiping. The sanitizing. I like the end result the best.  One day, I was standing admiring my clean bathroom. Enjoying the moment, because let’s face it,…

If you’re like me, the word cookie conjures up many memories. I can hear the mixer mixing the dough. Dry ingredients. Wet ingredients. Measuring. Mixing. I can feel the warmth escape the oven as the cookie sheet slides inside. Ready to puff up and spread out as the heat does it’s work. As the timer…

One of the hardest questions for me to answer is, “where are you from?” I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas but didn’t live there long. I counted up once that I moved close to ten times between the time I was born and graduated from high school. So I got good at packing. Putting…

It’s that time of year. Coughs, runny noses, fevers, germs! YUCK! As a preschool teacher, my system is bombarded by these microscopic invaders. So at this time every year, I always get a flu shot. For me, it has helped my system to fight the battle. When I got my flu shot this year, I…

As I read Psalm 40:2 NIV “He lifted me out of the slimy pit; out of the mud & mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm foundation.” I visualize a hand reaching down to me and saying “take my hand.” You know like the ones in the movies when…

I’ve always been drawn to houses with front porches. A welcome entrance to a home. A place of protection. A place to sit and relax. A place to enjoy God’s creation in the morning or the evening. A place for family and friends to gather. To talk. To just be. To just be. On a…

As the school year begins, there is an exciting anticipation, a kind of comfort of seeing people we have missed over the summer and of getting back into a routine. But at the same time, there is an unsettling in us. An unsettling that can be almost a kind of anxiety. How will this year…

It was a year ago tomorrow that I sat between a dear friend and a stranger. It was the conversation with the stranger that has echoed in my mind since then. I was seated in the highest row of bleachers. A set of bleachers that I have sat on many times for many years. Watching…

I was listening to a message from Pastor Rick Warren and he said that God gives us stepping stones to lead us on His path. I really liked that visual. It made me think back to some actual stepping stones I have walked on. One set of stepping stones, were placed as a sidewalk leading…

Growing up I remember asking mom a question. Sometimes I would get an immediate answer. Sometimes I wouldn’t get an answer at all and would have to talk louder. Then I would get a “What?!”answer, because she had been busy and didn’t hear me. But often I would get the “in a minute” answer. I…