Today I went birthday shopping for my daughter. I went to Hobby Lobby and bought some fun fall decorating items, and even a "JOY...

I had the pleasure of spending last week at the beach in Navarre, Florida, with my Mom and her friend, Carol.  I've never had the opport...

This past Saturday, we held a dedication service for the While We're Waiting Refuge, a retreat facility specifically designed for bereav...

Photo from paulineconnelly.com Another Throwback Thursday post today ... This one written November 26, 2012, about 2 1/2 years after Han...

Image from www.skitterphoto.com "How many more minutes?" We used to hear that question a lot from our little girls riding to...

Photo from blog.500friends.com This Throwback Thursday post was originally written on August 18, 2010, about a year and a half after our...

Photo from www.fanpop.com Here's another Throwback Thursday post. This was originally posted on March 12, 2012, and is still one of...

Photo from www.warriorshepherd.com One thing I've really enjoyed about the somewhat slower pace of life this summer is the ability ...

I'm back in Throwback Thursday mode this week.  I just haven't had the time to sit down and formulate a fresh new post.  ...

Photo from the Huffington Post Brad and I went to the Wednesday evening service at our church last night, and heard a wonderful message ...

We said we'd never do it again.  Move, that is. When we moved into our home in a small community in west central Arkansas ten years ...

About six weeks after Hannah went to Heaven, I attended my first (and nearly my last!) grief support group meeting. I drove to a town abo...

Another Throwback Thursday post today ... This one was written on February 23, 2012. A friend recently forwarded me a devotional she rec...

My Throwback Thursday post for today is one I wrote on the five year anniversary of Hannah's homegoing.  These fourteen things are jus...

Another Throwback Thursday post -- This one is from September 8, 2011. Do you remember being a child alone in your bedroom at night? I r...

Keeping up the Throwback Thursday blogs ... This is a post I wrote on August 10, 2011, just a few days after 38 brave servicemen (including ...

Continuing the Throwback Thursday theme for a few more weeks while waiting for the school year to wrap up enough to start writing some new...

Today's Throwback Thursday post was written on July 25, 2011 ... a little over two years after Hannah went to Heaven.  It brought a sm...