In My Own Words

I am shutting down my website. The visitor count is pathetic – over the past month the weekly counts have all been below 5. The last “signature” in my guest book was a “spam” from China. There have been ZERO comments since over a year ago. When the web hosting is up for renewal, I’ll [...]

In a matter of just a couple of days, we’ll be waving goodbye to 2011 and embracing 2012, praying for a good year to come. It’s kind of hard to believe that this year has gone by so quickly. It’s had its ups and downs, for sure, but we’ve made it through and are ready [...]

Here it is, November 8th (Big & Rich have been singing in my head all day, “The 8th of November.”) and Christmas is sneaking just a little bit closer every day. Jack and I went shopping Saturday for Christmas-specific stuff so I can get started on the care packages. Hobby Lobby had all their Christmas [...]

Sometimes I feel like I’m chasing my tail and I just can’t catch it. I guess that’s why time seems to be flying by. This time next week I will be winding up three days of baking bread and cookies, getting things ready for the big “Raise Dough for the Troops” bake sale and praying [...]

How in the world did it get to be October already? Time is flying by, and that means it’s time to really buckle down and get this Christmas care package project rolling. I’ve had a couple of generous donors that gave money to help purchase some good gift items and to help with postage. (Thank [...]

It has been a whole entire full month since my last post; guess I’ve kind of had writer’s block… No, I take that back – I have been following the journeys of several wounded warriors; there is a lot to read, then a lot to ponder about what I have read, followed by specific prayers [...]

I follow several wounded Warriors on facebook, posting encouraging words and prayers on their walls. Most have lost limbs to IED blasts; one young man lost both legs and one arm. There are two in particular that need all the encouragement and prayers they can get. One of those is Sgt. Jamie Jarboe, who was [...]

How did it get to be August already? Yeah, I know it happens about this time every year – still, it doesn’t seem like it should be so late in the year yet. Great merciful Heavens! To top it off, I haven’t updated my blog since July 11th – what’s up with that? I guess [...]

SGT Joshua W. Yarbrough lost both legs in an IED blast in Afghanistan on June 16, 2011. His family would like to see him receive 1,000 cards from all over America to help show him that his sacrifice is not taken for granted. They have a blog at this address: http://www.sgtyarbrough.blogspot.com where you can follow [...]