I am thrilled to be hosting "In Other Words Tuesdays ". Thank you Loni of Writing Canvas for the opportunity. I had some time to think about the quote that I wanted to use today. Here it is: How many people do you know who follow this pattern? Maybe it was how you were brought up. You go to church, maybe you read the Bible (especially at Christmas or Easter) and you don't commit the "big sins". Is that enough? God doesn't just want our outward submission to rules. He doesn't want us to 'do church' to be seen by ot…

Am I a kid or what? This is a favorite photo because I'm doing what I love to do; being a kid with other kids. My hubby loves it because nobody is posed; it's just natural fun.

Today would have been my mom's 80th birthday. It's hard to believe that she's been gone a little over four years now. It seems like only yesterday that we were celebrating her 75th birthday at T. Cook's Restaurant in the Royal Palms Hotel in Phoenix. She and my dad had come out to visit. Little did I know that would be ...her last time to visit me in Phoenix. Here we are outside T. Cook's Restaurant. And inside the restaurant to celebrate. Mom didn't have much of an appetite at this point. She'd been suffering with pain for so …