Cocoa’s Turn

We had a traumatic evening Monday night. Everything was great – cooking spaghetti and green salad for dinner, beautiful evening, and the dogs were running happily around the yard. Our neighbors pulled in their driveway and our dogs went crazy. They love to run along the fence, where their driveway runs, and bark at their [...]

Sugar’s First Trip to the Park

Since Sugar’s puppyhood has been full of trips to the vet, we thought a fun trip in the car was in order. So she had her first walk at Shelby Farms. She did great! She saw a baby buggy, kids on roller skates and bicycles. She only barked at a couple that was just walking [...]

Finally the Snow Came…and Went!

We finally got the snow that I had been waiting for all winter! It came down on Friday afternoon, then was almost completely melted away by Saturday afternoon. But it was beautiful! The most snow I’ve ever seen in Memphis. At our house we measured five inches on the deck. And it was the [...]

India

Greg is in India this week connecting with the missionaries and nationals we will be working with for the upcoming Go Global trip. This is his first trip there and he’s having good time. They flew into Hyderabad, then traveled by plane to Mumbai. There he saw much poverty and depravity as they visited [...]

I Am From…

I saw this activity on someone else’s blog about a month ago…and I can’t remember whose to give them credit! But it’s a fun little writing activity…
I am from wooden spoons, from Blackburn syrup and Christmas cookies.I am from the a small home aglow with warmth and safety and with smells of red beans [...]

Little Girl in Kenya

Greg and I sponsor a young girl named Kellen through Compassion International. She lives in Kenya and with the recent unrest there, she’s really been on my heart. I think her town is not in the middle of everything, but things can really escalate in Africa quickly and she could be caught in it all. [...]

Wedding bells…

My sister Sonja got engaged last night on her birthday to Chad Clark! Congratulations to them! I’m so excited for her and Chad; they are a great couple who has an incredible future together.