As a young child, there was no place like it. No place I felt more secure. No matter if I had a tough day, or a broken heart, or just needed reassurance everything was going to be okay in my juvenile life, it was the place I would go. And I could stay as long as I...

I saw it at the mission where I once served, visible in all forms through the homeless and the hurting. I see it in young children in the grocery store, vying for their preoccupied parents' attention. I've witnessed it among adult circles, teenage cliques, and at the...

I remember the first time I saw Princess Diana on t.v. Goodness, she was beautiful. The image of her walking down the aisle in that lovely, exquisite wedding gown is still impressed upon my memory. I dreamt of such a beautiful wedding at my young age. What was I,...

Some may look at our family and our home and think we aren't very "blessed." We don't have cable t.v. Our home is 24 years old. Our living room furniture hasn't been updated for 12 years. We don't have new cars, and actually, we're limping one along right now. We...

A momma's ears perk up when she hears sniffles coming from her young teenager's bedroom. Opening the door, more than sniffles were happening inside. She was sitting on the floor, tears streaming down her face. Crying to the point where no words could make their way to...

Her words sunk deep. Only my parents had spoken such words of value and encouragement to me prior. I expected this common practice from them, but not from my high school assistant basketball coach. She believed in all of us on the team. She cared for us, even off the...