This weekend, three of my very dearest friends are coming out to the desert from Texas. What makes them some of my dearest friends? They KNOW me. Really know me. They listen well. They care. They empathize. And they pray for me. Just as importantly, we have FUN! So much fun! We do life together. We celebrate together. We sometimes laugh until we cry! Few experiences in life are as satisfying as time spent with a close friend. (Especially when {Read More}
My Go-To Verse for Stress and Anxiety
October 17, 2014 By
It was after 8:00 and dark in Brentwood, California. My cell phone had just died and I did not know for sure how to get to my dad’s home in the valley more than 30 miles away. Stress and anxiety began to crowd the space in my little Mini Cooper. That was my predicament earlier this week after enjoying dinner with some fellow mid-life bloggers. I never let my cell phone battery get so low. In fact, my husband and kids {Read More}
3 Ideas to Add More Thankful to Thanksgiving
October 13, 2014 By
Add More Thankful to Thanksgiving this year! I am all about holidays. Especially Thanksgiving. Decorating the table. The smell of roasting turkey. Football on in the background. Eating my very favorite comfort foods with my favorite people. The scent of pumpkin pie. The list goes on. Long ago I decided to make a thoughtful effort to add more thankful to Thanksgiving each year. After all, we have so much for which to be grateful… why not share it on Thanksgiving? {Read More}
Manners with Mema
September 9, 2014 By
Sometime in the mid 1950s, my grandmother, Nancy Helm Weaks, self published a book: Dig These Crazy Manners! I don’t believe I ever saw it while she was still alive. Instead I found it as I sifted through the mementos of her life well lived after her funeral eight years ago. This little book is a GEM! Not only was Mema a clever writer and an expert on impeccable manners, she was also an illustrator and had beautiful handwriting. Mema {Read More}
Could You Have a (Spiritual) Cone on Your Head?
August 29, 2014 By
Could YOU Have a (Spiritual) Cone on Your Head? I sure have before! Poor Pumbaa. He had surgery to remove a benign tumor two weeks ago. He has hobbled around on his bandaged leg for days, and he has been heeling quite nicely. Yesterday, I took him to the vet to have his staples removed. The little guy had staples all the way from his paw to his shoulders. When they brought him out to me, I was quite shocked to {Read More}
How to Make a God Box
August 19, 2014 By
There’s a story behind this project. Last week in Dallas, I was blessed to visit one of my oldest friends, Norm, and his sweet wife, Robin. I grew up with Norm in Monroe, LA, and then attended SMU with him and Robin in the early 80s. Robin and I are Facebook friends, so I was aware that she has a 22-year-old niece who was diagnosed with Leukemia a few weeks ago. Reagan is currently undergoing her first of four rounds {Read More}
