Live and Learn

       When I find myself traveling around and around the same frustrating mountain in my life, it’s usually because I didn’t stop and honestly ask God for directions. I’m thinking about that this morning as I again deal with the stressful fallout of procrastination.         Several months ago, I wrote about how a post-surgical “brain fog” was… Continue reading Another Trip Around the Mountain

Will we or won’t we? Get an Olive Garden Restaurant in Greenwood, that is. Has any rumor ever remained on life support for so long around here? Every time bulldozers start moving some dirt along the Bypass, the hopeful buzz begins again.  “A guy in the waiting room at the doctor’s office says his neighbor’s… Continue reading Where’s Your Hope?

The buffet is spread and Bambi and her friends are ready to party. The trouble is, they’re coming to a garden party…in our garden…full of our vegetables. While inspecting our veggie patch the other day, I discovered that a few pepper plants had been nibbled off. The crime scene was dotted with fresh deer prints.… Continue reading Are You Being Plundered?

                I was supposed to look like Jamie Lee Curtis, the actress on the yogurt commercials who looks fantastic with very short, salt-and-pepper hair.                 Instead, I think I might look like a brontosaurus—you know, the giant dinosaurs with the itty-bitty heads. If I do, I’m blaming it on my husband. Joe likes my hair… Continue reading Whose Vote Matters Most?

         It wasn’t exactly the JFK assassination or 9-11-01, but I bet lots of folks in Abbeville can tell you what they were doing on March 8 when the train derailed in town. Being a new resident of Abbeville County, I needed an updated driver’s license, so on Thursday, March 8, I decided to try for… Continue reading Better Safe Than Sorry

                Easter is nearly here and as much as I don’t want to be misunderstood for saying this, my feelings about this holiday are a bit conflicted. Certainly, the thing I am most grateful for in my life is the truth we celebrate at Easter—the amazing, saving grace of God. God’s mission to rescue us… Continue reading The Mixed Emotions of Easter

        Do you ever see something that makes you wonder if crazy people are taking over the world? I do. Like the early rounds of the “American Idol” competition on TV, for example.         Watching “American Idol” at the beginning of the season is like watching a NASCAR race —everybody’s waiting for the wrecks to happen. To… Continue reading Mama Might Be Wrong

                A few months ago I wrote about the occasional panic that rolls over me when I’m staring at a blank computer screen and a column deadline is closing in on me.                 Well, here I am again with a deadline looming and my brain cells apparently scattered to the wind. This time, the brain… Continue reading Moving Lessons

                What readers of this column get, for better or worse, is a glimpse of what is currently going on in my life, heart and mind—three places which can be a bit scary.                 That you endure and indulge me is both a mystery and a blessing. Today, I’d like to write about a momentous… Continue reading God Likes to Say “Yes!”

              Can brains sweat?                 I was just wondering, because if brains can sweat, mine most definitely is.                 They say most humans tap only some measly percentage of our available brainpower. “They’ve” obviously never built a house.                 I went through this whole house-building thing 20 years ago and it seemed easier than it… Continue reading The Mixed Blessing of Choices