Christmas…what a wonderful holiday season!  This year we have definitely enjoyed our family time.
It’s the season to remember all that we have been given with the birth of Jesus.  Most folks honor that giving by more giving.  It is beautiful to behold.
Our family had been given an extra gift this season….you see, we are expecting another baby!
And we are thankful!

I recently had someone say to me, ” If you are too beautiful, people will hate you.”
This statement was made when referring to a picture that I had posted online.  These words have been nagging at me for a little while now.  You see, I am guilty of spending much of my life shrinking so as to avoid the ‘hatred’ of others.  My mother would say to me,”  God made you and He made you beautiful.  If someone has a problem with that, then you tell them to just take …

A few days ago our family traveled down south to visit family.  I got to see my grandmother…who is more like a mother to me.  I spent my entire life growing up underneath her roof.  Right now my grandma is is a nursing home.  She has Alzheimer’s disease.  People always ask me, ” Does she still remember you?”  I believe that she does.  I also believe that Alzheimer’s is a very cruel disease.
The thing that I believe is particularly cruel right now is this…I get the impression hat Mama is …