After being out of town the last two weeks of May, we came home to find our sweet gum trees shrouded in webworms. Though in past years we have frequently had some webworms show up around that time, 2024 was far worse than any infestation we...
While Katy was keeping an eye on the progress of Hurricane Beryl as it was crossing the Gulf of Mexico, the sudden shifting of its projected path was a big shock. Especially since it made a sharp right turn and began making a beeline to...
Last fall in early October, I went into the hospital for a simple procedure which would include staying two nights before going home. That two-night stay turned into two months in the hospital! Following removal of a polyp, my colon...
“Thank you,” said the woman across the table from me as the visible tension left her face. “My mother is visiting from out of the country and she has run out of her diabetic medications. We did not know where...
My wife and I met in Houston in 2017. I was raised in Ohio; she is originally from Taiwan, but grew up in California. We were married in December, 2019, in Houston and moved to Fulshear for a family friendly environment for the...
As I was growing up, my mother always prayed: “God, please give my daughter a passion and a career that will work for Your glory and Your mission.” When I was in the second grade, my teacher would have us do spelling tests in sign...
On Saturday morning, I drove my car to a nearby grocery store to pick up a prescription for my husband after receiving a phone call that it was ready. At first, there was no one to help me at either of the two side-by-side registers in the...
My father was raised on a farm in Illinois and was put to work helping in the fields when he was five or six. Even though he left farming behind when he graduated from high school at 16 and pursued a career in business, later in life he...
My husband and I married in early 2019. Having decided to wait a couple of years before having kids, I did not expect to see two pink lines (positive) on a pregnancy test a few months later. Excited to surprise him with the news, I bought a...
As a young teenager, I was always curious about the Bible -- but many times did not understand what the verses meant. The two verses that became a significant part of my life were Psalms 46:10: Be still and know that I am God and Psalms 34:18...
