“I am thinking it is about time for me to quit my job,” my 79-year-old husband said a couple of weeks ago. He works long days, getting up at 5 a.m. every school day because he is employed as a para-professional in an elementary...
I have attended church off and on all my life, but never really listened in the services or wanted to serve or get involved. I just went most Sundays – most likely trying to make myself feel better. Never did I notice that God was...
After 15 years in the two-story home where our three adult sons were raised, we recently decided to downsize and purchase the one-story house directly across the street. It had been the home of my husband’s parents! What a blessing to...
I have Celiac Disease. This is an immune reaction to a protein called gluten found in wheat, rye and barley. The lining of the small intestines is damaged by the inflammation gluten causes. Since my diagnosis 16 years ago, I have...
My family said yes to a mission trip in southeast Asia. We partnered with local churches and an evangelistic organization to hold five clinics for providing eyeglasses to villagers. Participating churches each had several hundred locals come...
Life has a way of reminding us of WHO is important. The longer I have lived alone after the death of my husband, the more conscious I have become of how much time I spend talking to God – about anything and everything. I...
I have been serving for years in a ministry called Super Saturday at Juvenile Detention facilities around Houston. A couple of years ago, a friend at church introduced me to another opportunity named Kairos. It is “a Christian...
Three years ago, the company where I worked in the aviation industry closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The employees were given two months' notice. At that time, it was not easy to find work in that industry as it was one of the hardest hit...
My parents arrived for a visit on June 14. My mother has been coming from Colombia once a year, but this time my father also came. He and I had not seen each other for five years. My daughter was turning 15, and he was here to help us...
How we anticipated a special weekend recently when some elderly close friends invited our young family to join them on their live-aboard boat docked in Mississippi. On Saturday night while we all went out to dinner, it began raining and the dock...
