I don’t want to post much ‘cuz I don’t want you to miss Melery. You already have to wait til Heaven to see her so I don’t want her to be ‘just another post.’ Quickly…got a diagnosis on my foot…more on that in a day or so. I close on my first house on Friday. […]

I miss my friend. When you read this, say a prayer for her family. She went Home a year ago today. Thanks. Melery Jean (Strand) Long, beloved daughter, niece, cousin, sister, wife, mother, friend, and most of all child of God through the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ, went home to be with her Lord […]

You probably have them in your life. I pray you’re blessed with them. I am. And I’m SO thankful! Friends. Not just your everyday, run of the mill, let’s watch TV together or talk on the phone social friends. I mean something deeper than that. Something that penetrates the shell we all put up […]

Well, maybe we’ll get an answer tomorrow? I have my 3rd MRI tomorrow (hey – that’s a personal best! – it’s the athlete in me). Hopefully the specialized pics & radiologists reading the films will find the cause of the problem. I can say with certainty there’s still a problem! I’ve tried a couple things […]

I have a twin. Don’t you see the resemblance? You probably didn’t know that. I didn’t know that either until we met 2 years ago. We were separated at birth. And we met at the strangest of places…in the airport in Miami, and we ended up being on the same flight overseas. God has a […]

Well I don’t know about you, but I’m glad it’s Friday. It’s been a wild week. Monday – took a vacation day to take Mom to see 2 of her sisters in a nursing home in Cincy. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE RIOT! My 83 year old aunt can still hold the most coherent conversation. My other […]

‘I can see clearly now….’ – at least a little. slowly, the answers are coming. I’m officially in contract on the house. The last 48 hours of that ordeal have burned me out on the entire process so tonight the world stops and I take a break. I have a real ‘I really don’t care […]

I don’t know which is worse – not knowing or waiting to hear. What’s the difference? Is there one? At this point I really don’t know. I’m just praying for answers. Not knowing – still no clear diagnosis on the foot. Heading in for a personal record of a 3rd MRI for the same problem – […]

I wrote a letter to our returning mission team. Veronica (passthenailstome) was kind enough to deliver it to them last night at their debriefing (gracias, amiga). I wanted to share it here. It’s really a message for all of us. =============== WELCOME BACK TO THE STATES! For the last week you’ve been prayed for, thought […]

You’ve heard the phrase that life is a circus….well….my act is the one where all the plates are spinning & you have to keep them all going so they don’t fall off & break. Today we spun the house plate and the medical plate. Just got back from signing the ‘request to remedy.’ Spent all […]

Sometimes you just need to get back to basics. Like this morning. There are things weighing on my heart and I knew I had to just ‘data-dump’ with the Lord. It’s so easy to start taking things off the altar. They like to crawl off. That’s why it’s called a ‘living sacrifice’ I think! It’s […]

You’vc heard the phrase. Ever wonder what one of ‘them’ days is? Is ‘them’ the problems? Or is ‘them’ the joys? Or is ‘them’ the gremlins that try to steal your joy? Well, whatever ‘them’ is, I had ’em today. I just let frustration get to me. It was a good day until lunch. Usually […]

Been cleaning in prep of moving. Got my filing caught up yesterday & today went thru a big plastic tub that’s been storing paper for years. Ah….moving is good for the soul. That paper had to do with a period of my life when I was on staff with a ministry & had to raise […]

Wow…it’s been a day! Started out with the home inspection. That took almost 3 hours but well worth the money, I’m sure. The best part of that was getting a chance to talk to each member of the mission team right before they left for the border. I feel like I’m RIGHT THERE with them…my […]

Good morning! I’m heading out for a home inspection soon (am buying my first house) but wanted to set this up quickly. What’s my site about? Simply following Christ through the good, the bad, and the ugly made beautiful.You see, following Christ doesn’t mean life has no problems. In fact, it probably has MORE! Not […]