Magnets for Adventure
Ray and I arrived for our mini-vacation at Cumberland Mountain State Park around 5:45 p.m. on a Sunday evening. The office was closed, but the key to one side of a duplex cabin was ready and waiting for us outside…
Category God’s Love for You
God’s Gift of Rain
Last night I looked for passages that speak of rain, simply because I wanted to share some of the photos I took yesterday evening. I first noticed the beauty of the evening when Ray and I drove home from the…
Mended Hearts
Mended Hearts® is a peer-support group for patients and their families. A cardiologist founded the organization in 1951. The chapter in nearby Cookeville, Tennessee, provides churches (and other organizations as well, I think) free Automated External Defibrillators when at least…
Mothers and Sweethearts
Our family has long been fascinated by the history of the home front during World War II. It was the theme of the second of Mary Evelyn’s Homeschool Dramatic Society plays, Faith is the Victory, back in 2000. Wow! That…
Think About Whatever Is Lovely
Ray and I decided to take the backroads again when we drove to Nashville for his appointment on Friday. We enjoyed a twisty, curvy, hilly—and lovely—ride. In Philippians 4 when Paul tells us what to think about, he tells us…
Good News About Ray
Ray and I went to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky Mountains, on Wednesday so that we could participate in the Teach Them Diligently homeschool conference. On Thursday I shared my talk, “Homeschooling: A Priceless, Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity.” You who…