God Fixes Our Panes
As Ray and I drove away from the hotel and toward the glass repair shop, we passed this lake. The kayakers were real, but I have a feeling the Loch Ness Monster was a fake, don’t you? We were surprised…
Category Finding Faith in America
Bush Family Traditions — The End Depends on the Beginning
The morning after we saw “the photo in his pocket,” Ray and I crossed an item off our bucket list. We walked into the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and spent the whole day there — not even stopping for lunch! That’s George…
Learning Something New
All over America today, children and their mamas are learning something new. Children are learning their letters and algebra. They’re learning to read, to know the states and capitals, and a host of other new skills and bits of information.…
A President, a Mother, and the Fourth of July
Last week Ray and I met our son John and his family for some fun at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. I knew that Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky and later spent several years of his childhood in Indiana,…
Not Ashamed
A billboard prompted Ray and me to follow our noses — and our phone navigator — to the Pioneer Cafe in Sulphur Springs, Texas, on Monday. We weren’t there long before it began to dawn on us that this wasn’t the first…
Undeserved Gifts
If the good Lord’s willing and the creeks don’t rise, Ray and I will sleep in our own bed tonight. We were at the Texas Home School Coalition convention in Arlington over the weekend. As we drove east yesterday, I…