We’re headed to Tyler today to celebrate my brothers 2 year pin at narcotics anonymous. It’s taken a very long time for him to get here and while he’s been sober before and for a longer period of time this is the first time he’s actually doing it on his own and he’s learned to [...]

2 Kings 4: 1-7
An old woman went to Elisha, the prophet, scared, poor and needing help in caring for her sons. Elisha asked her what she might have to sell so that she could help herself and not be a burden to someone else. She said she didn’t have anything but one jar [...]

…after last night’s election, hell has officially frozen over.

Got this in my morning devotional and it’s been weighing on me: Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. Ephesians 4:29. And this: Proverbs 18:13 (NLT) says, What a shame, what folly, to give advice [...]

Today I turn 42. I feel older. Hell, I even look older. But today, these things don’t matter. Instead of cake and ice cream. presents and parties, I’m sitting in Yantis Texas watching my mother die. Happy Birthday to me.
She took a turn for the worse today, just when I thought she might get [...]

So many people in my family suffer from the bondage of rejection. My mother is ate up with it. She transfered this feeling of failure and disapproval to us kids every day. We all suffer from this debilitating affliction. My hope, and prayer, is that we can truly get released from it. Us kids by [...]

…and I ain’t talking political crap. It’s cancer. No more speculating, no more wondering, no more what if’s. It makes me mad. Fighting mad.
My momma taught me to never give up and that gal ain’t got no quit in her. She can beat this thing. Lord willing.
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So do not fear, for I am with you; [...]

What the hell is that, and how does it happen? Mom calls out of the blue to say she might have pancreatic cancer. She’s freaking, Lisa’s hysterical, I’m in denial. Sounds about right for the three women of this family. I pray it’s nothing but some serious heartburn or something. Until today, I didn’t even [...]