Hope all of you had a blessed Easter day with time to celebrate with your family and church. Darrell and I did some celebrating this morning with both our sons and their families at church. We filled up two pews. Eight beautiful, healthy and (Grammy thinks) brilliant grandchildren. The ninth one was there too, but she’s still being shy about …
A Dog Named Oscar
I forgot to let you know if I was April fooling you about my new dog. I wasn’t. I do have a new dog named Oscar. He’s a very nice dog. Part lab and who knows what else. He was a stray who found a loving home at a horse barn, but the people who welcomed him there weren’t able …
Books, Writers, Singing and Grandkids
They’re playing for the championship in basketball tonight. I’m not watching yet. I might later, but if my team had made it – and they didn’t even get in the tournament (alas) – I’d be glued to the set. But I’m trying to catch up answering e-mails and such since the weekend was so busy I didn’t have time to …
A Crazy Sunday
Hey everybody. Just signing in to say today is a wild and crazy day and also night. My daughter-in-law had a false alarm about having her baby this morning. Went back to the hospital. Got sent back home. Those of you who have been through that sort of thing can sympathize with her for sure. I never had labor pains …
April Fools’
So how many tricks did you get played on you today or how many did you play on your friends? I never do any good at April Fools’ Day jokes. I guess I don’t have much of a poker face. But one of the guys at church got one of our ladies tonight. He asked her what happened to her …
Pressing On
Another Sunday. Isn’t it amazing how quickly the Sundays come around? I know, I know! I’m just thinking that because I’m getting older. Well, everybody still breathing is getting older. Even little kids. But some of us maybe have already gotten a bunch older, huh? Anyway, when I was one of those little kids, a week seemed to take forever. …
Rainy Day Friends
Thanks to all of you who have sent kind words to me after I didn’t win the big prize for my book, The Outsider. Reading your e-mails has been like winning lots of little prizes of friendship. And what better prizes can a person win! So thank you for being a blessing. You know, there are so many times when …
I Didn’t Win
I didn’t win the award for best Christian Fiction novel of 2009. 🙁 Actually I didn’t expect to win, but then when they were announcing the winners at the banquet last Thursday night about five minutes before they were ready to announce the fiction winner, I got to thinking, you know, it would be nice to win. And what if …
Texas Here I Come
Hi everybody. Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m getting on that airplane and flying to Texas. I’ve already asked my church family for prayers for the airplane and the pilot. I’m n-n-not really a n-n-n-ervous flyer. Honest. I mean I’ve already been on two airplane trips. That makes me practically an experienced traveler, doesn’t it? But prayers always help. No matter …
Sunday Traditions
Don’t you just love Sundays? There’s even something about the word that sounds good – Sunday. What did you do on Sundays when you were a kid? We visited with family most every Sunday. One Sunday my cousins and their parents would be at our house. The next Sunday we’d go to theirs. We had so much fun. Then when …