Growing up in Enterprise Alabama people were always fascinated by our bizarre statue in the middle of the town square!!! I think at that time and maybe still to this day we were the only people on the planet that wielded a statue that immortalized a pest!!!! Seriously and a really creepy ugly pest at … Continue reading My Boll Weevil!!!!
Category: Grief & Grace
Life is one of man’s greatest blessings… A gift to experience Jesus’ love, grace and greatness everyday that makes this a Happy Life!
Resistance!!!!
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. ---Johann Wolfgang von Goethe To be super honest I was going to bed tonight and convinced myself that it was okay to skip one more week and not write my blog, not write my happy asses and … Continue reading Resistance!!!!
Dear Hugh, So many moons!!! So very many.
Dear Hugh, Oh my, it has been so many many full moons and so many hurting hearts ago. But you know I will take this hurt any day to have had the joy of being your friend and your wife. We were co-conspirators in making sure that people saw the love of God in how … Continue reading Dear Hugh, So many moons!!! So very many.
On bended knees, One day at a time.
Tonight I was commenting back to a friend who stated, “I am glad that you got your son back.” I thought to myself, I thank God daily, on bended knee. I spent so many years on bended knees begging God, bargaining with God, manipulating God for my sons to be sober. I was not successful … Continue reading On bended knees, One day at a time.
Dusting off my clear prison bag, filling up my heart!!!
I am dusting off my clear prison bag and making sure I am equipped with kleenex, my notebook, affirmations. I am searching my closet for plain clothes suitable to serve and love on all these precious inmates that know me as Ya Ya. After a long absence I am thankful that we can be back … Continue reading Dusting off my clear prison bag, filling up my heart!!!
Walking around sense!!!
When Hugh would talk to all those recovering fellows on the porch I heard him say this numerous times,”It was 5 years before I had walking around sense.” The funny thing when I look back is I started seeing Hugh when he had just started to get his walking around sense!!! I was newly divorced, … Continue reading Walking around sense!!!
34 Moons Ago…… Dear Hugh,
Hey Sweet and most honorable and most loving man!!! It has been 34 full moons since you left us and we just had a spectacular full moon and as per usual people were sending me all their moon pics!!! Isn’t that sweet to think that all of those that loved me and loved you remember … Continue reading 34 Moons Ago…… Dear Hugh,
Dear Hugh,
Dear Hugh Honey, it is a beautiful pink moon and my spirit must have known it because I was thinking of how you served others quietly but what a ripple effect that you left. I was working out in the gym tonight and I kept thinking of how you spent so much of your life … Continue reading Dear Hugh,
The Not so unsinkable Molly Brown
Dear Happy Asses, Since I have been sick with covid for over 6 weeks when my brain worked slightly I had time to think about so many things. I thought so much about my health, even though I thanked God for my health and my life and all the people in my life, I … Continue reading The Not so unsinkable Molly Brown
When…….
When people are unkind, I can be kind because you are kind, When People are unkind, I can be kind, because you are kind, When the world seems confusing, I can see the ever steady peace you offer, When I am scared I find hope in your love for me, When I am worried about … Continue reading When…….