As far back as I can remember I dreamed of growing up, getting married, and having a little girl. My mom and I have always …
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God Sent Me Flowers
It was another wintry day. My preschool-aged daughter and I were grocery shopping. We had rushed into the store from the car to stay as …
Read More »Reasons to Live
You could have heard a pin drop in the auditorium. All eyes were on the stage where Ken was standing. All ears were listening to …
Read More »Lost in the Woods
Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina is 500,000 acres. That’s a lot of land for two eight-year-olds to get lost in. It was our first …
Read More »A Lesson from the Stars
It was a beautiful summer morning in Oregon’s Jefferson State Park wilderness. My friends and I had just arrived at the gravel parking lot on …
Read More »A Voice In the Silence
When I was a little girl, my world was small. We didn’t really go to church much, I had friends in the neighborhood and school …
Read More »A Flag and a Prayer
On October 18, 2016, I was sailing on a cargo ship, the MV Baltic Sea, to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Early in the …
Read More »In the Path of a Storm
The date was July 8, 2014. A reverse 911 call came through with tornado warnings. A tornado? I’ve seen results of tornadoes in the news, but …
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The day of January 25, 1978, had been favorable—rain and fog, a little misty, but the temperature a mild 40 degrees—when I clocked in at …
Read More »My College Dilemma
The exciting days leading up to my college tour were filled with apprehension, plans and preparation for the future. I didn’t know what I wanted …
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