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WRITTEN 5.25.22 ON THE PORCH “THAT’S POO!!” “That’s not just gas, that’s poo!!” Tuesday night during the wind and rain, Ace, Sierra’s dog started whining softly and put his head in my lap.  Having been through the storm the night before, I thought he was anxious about the coming weather.  So, I patted his headContinue reading ““THAT’S POO!!!””

When Noah was 12 or 13 years old, I looked out the front door and caught him with binoculars pointed at the dirt road.  First, I took a picture (because things like this were typical with Noah).  Then I asked what he was doing.   “They’re spying on us, so I am spying on them.”  PlainContinue reading “SEND IN THE SPIES”

WRITTEN 5.19.22 “For me, God has filled my brokenness with his gold, and I feel Him working through me with this piece. I purposely scar each heart differently, because we are all scarred differently.” – Amber, Mywildflowerjewelry shop on Etsy (picture shown) **If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than ourContinue reading “SCARS”

Having been a firefighter for 24 years, Benny knew what to expect when we got to Jim’s after he called and said his house had burned down.  I was not prepared for the scene ahead of us when we pulled up.  I’ve never seen a home completely and utterly destroyed like his was.  Jim andContinue reading “BEAUTY IN THE ASHES”

*Written in May of 2020 – Junior went to heaven to be with Jesus and his brother Steve in January 2021 This last weekend, I sat with a friend, Junior, and we watched his brother’s memorial service online.  Steve passed away suddenly of COVID in April. Let me tell you, it was beautiful to hearContinue reading “IS MY ANTENNA UP?”

I got married the same weekend I graduated high school, so I was a young bride.  Benny worked for SPS in Levelland, and I started working a couple months later.  It took time for us to gather furniture and build our home.  For the first summer we were married we didn’t have a washer and dryer,Continue reading “VIEW FROM THE LAUNDROMAT WINDOW”

Have you ever been required to prove that you are who you say you are?  The other day I heard a podcast about a website that is for pastor wives only, so I registered for it.  I woke up this morning to an odd email waiting in my inbox.  This was part of the content: Continue reading ““YOU SAID…””

When Sierra decided to get an apartment in Lubbock last January, all kinds of scenarios went through mine and Benny’s minds about what could happen to a beautiful young lady living in an apartment in the city alone.  We have lived in the same small community, in the same house, on the same piece of land forContinue reading “FLIPPIN’ THE RING OFF”

*UPDATED– Originally posted January 29, 2019 **For those who have joined us since 2019 **But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. Luke 15:20 Benny remembers his grandmother, Gommy, waitingContinue reading “WHY “ON THE PORCH”??”

February 25, 2021 ON THE PORCH BACK FROM MY SELAH Wow.  My selah was longer than I intended, but life kept speeding by me at an alarming rate.  At times I felt like I was on a merry go round, and all I could do was hold on for dear life.  Since my last ONContinue reading “BACK FROM MY SELAH”