Life is chaotic right now with the move to Arizona less than a week away.  Each day is filled with last minute meals with friends, change of address calls, suitcases to be packed, and the unending list of details for the close of the sale on the house. This poem...

Nothing like a complete change of pace to get a little perspective. Selling the house and planning the move has been so consuming for the last few months that I have missed the time to relax with my granddaughters -- well, relax is probably not the right word. When...

But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3 (NLT) I found this verse last week...

I recently joined my husband, Mark, at a dinner to share in a new program, Halftime, offered to the men of our church. The purpose of the group is to challenge men to consider whether they want success or significance in the second half of their careers. At my house...

The nation is awash in news of immigration. It is not my intent to comment on the debate but to share a slice of life. Last night I volunteered with some friends at the Monument Crisis Center, which is located in the middle of a multicultural area of our community....

Memorial Day: freedom, liberty, honor, bravery, hero. A grateful nation pays tribute annually to those who lost their lives in the defense of freedom. The original designation of Decoration Day in the 1860's was declared Memorial Day in the 1950's with the declared...