When I was little, I loved gymnastics. Nadia Comaneci was my role model, and I wanted to be an Olympic gymnast. I did gymnastics at the YWCA for a couple years and tried out for the team....and I made it. The first backhandspring of my first practice, I broke both bones of my forearm in half, and that was the ...
Have you ever been facing a struggle about something and had trouble sleeping and you play the "What If" game? "What if...I can't find a job?" "What if...I keep getting sicker?" "How am I going to get that money that I need?" Maybe it's a situation with someone close to you and you keep playing out scenarios in your mind. ...
Have you ever been afraid to do something, but decided to do it anyway? That's how I felt when I planned my 6-week mission trip to Zimbabwe, Africa when I graduated from Bible School 20 years ago. I wasn't going in a group. I was meeting up with missionaries over there and helping them for 6 weeks. Just little 'ole ...
As I sit here trying to write this post, the Bama vs. Oklahoma game is on the TV. Half the room here is for Bama and half is for Oklahoma. One person is singing the theme song for Oklahoma the musical and one is singing Sweet Home Alabama. It's actually kind of funny. Me, I'm just enjoying good football. We ...
All these years we have avoided the fundraisers at school. You know the ones…you have to sell things...er, I mean your KIDS have to sell things. This year, however, my daughter REALLY wanted to do it. If you sold so many items, your name would be entered into a drawing to win $150. She was saving for something, and the ...