Yesterday morning was our first trip to town since our icy weather started last Monday. I was surprised at how slick the roads still were and completely unprepared for what we found in town. The street in front of our church building…
Ray and I have always lived near universities. Our current church is the first one we have been a part of during our entire marriage that has not had a ministry to college students. As our children were growing up,…
My husband is brilliant! Mother started coughing on Sunday. On Monday it sounded like it was coming from throat irritation. I gave her lots to drink and kept asking her how she was doing. Our road was in no shape to attempt a…
I got the question again the other day: “Is your name Charlene (pronounced with a soft SH, as in shoe) or Charlene (with a hard CH, as in church)?” Well, there’s a story about that. It goes all the way…
Wednesday was a full day. I had more on my schedule than was actually humanly possible and scattered among that stuff were people and their stories. I’ll change their names as I tell you some of those stories. At the beginning of the…
Over a year ago, I shared with you the story of Ray’s daddy’s service in World War II. How I would love to hear Wes tell his stories one more time! Yes, I called him Wes. It was so hard to…
