Had a hard day today. Trying to work a computer program that is new. On the phone for hours trying to get up to speed enough to teach teachers how to use it. Superintendent came by after school to share the budget crunch we are in as a system. Wanted to put it out there … Continue reading Until

In a small community like ours, any tragedy hits hard. When the victim is a child, my first question is why? Why, when our community…when our children… are praying for a miracle, why would the miracle not come? It is a heart wrenching question that grips my heart like a vice. It hurts. This pain … Continue reading Greg Hammond

I should be reading or writing a paper for a class I am taking. Instead, I am caught up in the storm outside my window, so much so that I move to the porch to take it all in. In my pj’s, sitting with my eyes closed, I listen. The thunder is in surround sound … Continue reading Just Listen

I was sitting in bed reading a book for my class. (Yes, I am back in school again.) Anyway, I was reading and Peter came in looking for bandages for his toes, because he had two ingrown toenails removed yesterday. He pulled down the first aid bin from the closet and plopped it right on … Continue reading Flashback Moment

Ever had a moment when you just knew you were in the right place at the right time? I had one of those yesterday that has captured my heart. It was a teaching moment, turned divine appointment. In the story one of my small groups was reading, we came across the word ‘miraculously.’ The students … Continue reading A vocabulary lesson

We left William at 9:00 p.m. in front of his dorm. Once we were in the car, I wept as we drove away. I wondered if a mother bird feels this way when she pushes her baby out of the nest, hoping it will fly and not crash. She can only watch to see what … Continue reading The Cycle of Life- 9/11

If you remember last time I wrote about Bella, our Siberian Husky, she was on her way to run the Idarod in Alaska dragging me behind her in my pajamas. Since then she has been behaving herself fairly well aside from the fact she has turned Houdini. A master escape artist, she has broken out … Continue reading Snow Dog Part 2 (without snow)

I distinctly remember the first time William’s blue eyes captured me as he gazed up out of the bassinette. It was in a dream…about a year before he was conceived. It was so real I woke Bill, in a panic, asking him “Where is the baby?” He opened his eyes long enough to say, “In … Continue reading William

I read the book and I have seen the movie three times. I am drawn to it really. It is one of those movies that speaks to the deepest human place in me. The place of compassion. It is also about my era. I was born around the time the movie is set. I was … Continue reading The Help

I have been reading in Ephesians lately. It is probably my favorite book in the Bible, because it is in this book that I learned to pray with power. You have to understand, I was raised in the church. I came to know God at a very early age and knew about prayer from the … Continue reading Power in Ephesians