First Christmas

A child's first Christmas is always special. You by them "My First Christmas" outfits, you wrap their presents that you will probably have to unwrap yourself, you take lots of pictures, you hand them to a red suit wearing white bearded stranger to pose for a picture; the stranger smiles, the baby screams, you pay …

Who Are You?

The Bible is filled with lots of names. Some we are very familiar with, but there are also names we are not. Some of those unfamiliar names take us some extra looking through our pages of scripture to figure out who they are. Some of these names are just names mentioned once with a little …

Making a Difference Where You Are

Have you ever been in a place and wondered why am I here? Have you ever had the plan you had laid out for your life change unexpectedly? What about reaching another stage in your life and wondering what now? These are some questions that have crossed my mind over the years. That different stage …

Grief is Weird

Grief is weird. It doesn’t matter how long it has been since you have lost a loved one, whether it’s 11 years or 6 years, the tears still fall from time to time. Yes, the days do get more tolerable as the years march on, but there are moments, experiences, or that favorite something that …

Negativity can tear down a house

“Never say anything negative about your spouse to anyone ever.” Out of all the advice I’ve heard throughout almost 25 years of marriage, this one has stuck around the longest. This simple, yet power filled statement has been some of the best mortar to keep our marriage strong. Negativity can tear down a house. Now …

Where I Need to Be

Several weeks ago, my husband was preaching in a church in West Virginia. We both knew this church from our childhood. My family and I would visit sometimes when I was little. The town in which this congregation of God’s people was located was almost exactly halfway between where I grew up and my husband …

It’s Good to be Home

Last week my husband and I had the opportunity to go back to our hometowns. It’s been awhile since we have spent a whole week together there. We both grew up in West Virginia, not too far from each other, but we didn’t meet until my senior year of high school when he started at …

New Old Adventures

When I started my adventure as a travel agent, I announced it for all of Facebook to see. I suppose it’s best for me to announce that I have left the agency for all of Facebook to see (left sounds better than quit😊). A year ago, I was so excited to be just a preacher’s …

Making a Comeback

I used to write. I used to write A LOT. I enjoyed it even more, but life got too busy. I know. It’s an easy excuse most people use. It’s my excuse. It’s the truth. It’s time to make a comeback. Do people even still read blogs??? This has never been about how many people …

Life in a Bubble

For the last twenty years I have basically lived in my own little stay at home, raise my kids, preacher wife bubble. I didn't have much interaction with those outside of my family and my church family. Everyone I surrounded myself with were part for my family, whether physical or spiritual. Oh, sure, I went …