People Pleaser Until I’m NOT

People Pleaser Until I’m NOT

I am a people pleaser until I am not. The first season my husband was a coach in Major League baseball, I didn’t feel I fit in very well. I didn’t have the designer bag, the fashionable heels, the large diamond ring, or the fancy car. I was a struggling mom trying to...
Becoming The Leader God Intends

Becoming The Leader God Intends

What do you think when you hear the word leadership? Society tends to push the idea that we are all leaders and we need to stand confidently in the leader within us to lead others. I had volunteered, yet again, to lead a group of women in a Bible Study. I had my...
He Gave Me A Tree

He Gave Me A Tree

Much of our marriage our lives has involved moves, impending moves, possible moves, definite moves and the thoughts of moves. We have lived in 15 different cities in towns, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. We always explained to our boys, home is where we all were...
I Went Home

I Went Home

I am a blessed woman. Even more, than I ever thought I was. This past week I went home. I returned to the little Eastern North Carolina town where I grew up. Tarboro, North Carolina. I left in 1984 to attend college, only returning on weekends to work in a local...
A Life That Matters

A Life That Matters

    As a small child, I thought I wanted to be a nun and work in an orphanage. In my early teens, I knew I wanted to be a nurse, but I still had a powerful feeling I was to do mission work abroad. God had put this on my heart. All my life I felt I was called...
What’s Your Platform? You Have One!

What’s Your Platform? You Have One!

After a renowned speaker had completed her talk, my friends and I discussed a feeling deep in our spirits, agreeing we all wanted what she had. We wanted the presence she had on the stage. The way she held the audience captive was fascinating. She presented God’s Word...