“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...
I went in for a routine eye exam to upgrade my glasses prescription recently and opted to pay $39 extra to avoid having my eyes dilated. All was going very well until the optometrist began reviewing pictures of my eyes. I got real uncomfortable...
My 23-year-old grandson has always loved working with numbers, and math was his favorite subject in school. When he had the opportunity to start working at a branch of a large credit union about a year ago, he was overjoyed. The job...
My recent journey through a significant physical and spiritual trial began unexpectedly. It happened during a much-needed vacation after months of relentless work. Little did I anticipate that this escape would lead to one of the most challenging...
