Birthdays are especially neat when you get greetings and good wishes from friends. Myrna really made my day when I got her email with updates on her life and a brief walk down memory lane. She found and then scanned an old photo of us, taken on one of our craziest weekends together ever! It started when she phoned me at home, asking if I would be interested in going with her cousins and her for a weekend away in Pennsylvania. (I am ... Read More

It's different growing up being best friends with the preacher's kid. I mean, she could tell you a nighttime story that could scare you to death, and then point out all the verses in the Bible why I shouldn't be afraid. This, one of my best friends lost her dad last night. He just wasn't my best friend's dad. I grew up with her family and her father was our pastor. He helped lead me to the Lord, he baptized me, ... Read More

Close to Thanksgiving, the Lord decided to show me a few extra reasons I have to be thankful. My friends. Not just any friends, my lifelong friends. I had a weekend needing my friends, and they were there for me. Loving me, encouraging me, caring for me, just being there. Some just listening. Others showing up on special occasions of support. And then suddenly, another life long friend gives me a wonderful phone call, full of love, memories, shared stories, and not long after ... Read More

"An old memory" that was the subject line from an email from my dearest and most long time friend ever, Myrna. I couldn't imagine what it was going to be, except perhaps, something had happened to trigger a memory of times together so many years ago. Her dad was the minister of our church in Baltimore (and later in Pasadena). Mom often taught Sunday School, Bible School, and later played the piano for services. The photo she sent, sure tugged at my ... Read More