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Thrill Ride

There is a fine line between excitement and fear sometimes.  Think roller coaster.  You stand in a long line anticipating the thrill of the ride.  The adrenaline builds as you get closer to the front of the line.  There is a sense of “can I really do this?...

Hands In The Kitchen

Too many cooks in the kitchen.  I remember feeling this way sometimes when my kids were little and I was trying to get dinner ready.  They were scrambling around the kitchen bickering and whining at that bewitching time of the day when everyone was tired and hungry...

Feel The Burn

I love having a fire going when I’m sitting down to write with a cup of coffee and some piano music playing in the background.  I especially love it because I’ve been waiting a heck of a long time for that fire.  I lived in Phoenix for seven years with a...

Slippage and Spillage

I fell on the ice the other day.  I mean, I full on slipped, feet out from under me fell. My tushie  hit the ground so hard that a jolt went through my whole body.  I wanted to sit there and cry it hurt so bad.  But I didn’t, for two reasons: 1.  The snow was...

Reset

Yesterday, I had a conversation with my friend, JD, about the physical pain that he experiences now.  He didn’t always have this pain, but it stems from what DID and DIDN’T happen a long time ago… When he went into the military at age 18, he was six...

Try As I Might…

Romans 7: 15-25 – I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.  As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know...