Category: Family

Family

“I Ran!”

Perhaps we spend a lifetime exploring our heritage, figuring out where we came from and where we belong. We grow up hearing stories of our parents and grandparents and though some of those impact us, we go on to create our own stories, sometimes without looking back. My sister recently shared this photo of my […]

November 7, 2025
Family

The Season of Memories

One of the beauties of Christmas is that it inspires thoughts about family and friends who once shared the season with us and filled our hearts with warm memories. We fondly remember our family traditions and sweet moments that made the season special. It’s a sentimental season that carries its own joys and perhaps even […]

December 3, 2024
Family

Moving Day

Okay, so this is it! In less than ten years, we moved from Nashville to Fort Myers, Florida. then we moved back to Nashville for our work. Less than two years later, we moved to Savannah, Georgia because nobody was having face to face meetings during Covid. Less than two years later, we moved back […]

May 20, 2024
Family

Of Grace and Poetry

I missed the chance to post something for Father’s Day this year since I have been locked out of my blog site for several weeks. (Yes, technology is a wonderful thing when it works.) Anyway, I’m finally back in and so I wanted to share another story about my rather unassuming and yet, awesome dad. […]

June 21, 2023
Family

The Gift of Christmas Memories

One of the opportunities we each have at Christmas is the chance to create new memories. Whether we have wonderful memories from childhood, or whether the child within us still comes out to play, Christmastime can truly be a blessed time. I remember a precious story my dad told me about a Christmas tradition he […]

December 19, 2022
Family

Along Came Bruce

This blog will be a slight departure from some of my inspirational themes, but today marks the eighth anniversary of the day Bruce and I put our lives together. I’m sharing the story because sometimes I can’t quite believe the way it happened. All I know is that we both agree God showed up in […]

September 22, 2022
Family

William R. Barbour

  My Father-in-law, William R. Barbour Jr. was an incredible man and on March 2, 2022, he would have turned 100 years old. To celebrate his life and his legacy, I have updated this post in his honor. When William Rinehart Barbour, Jr. turned 95 in March of 2017, the sparkle in his eye was […]

March 2, 2022
Family

In Praise of Mothers

Mother’s Day will celebrate its 107th year since Woodrow Wilson signed the bill creating the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day in 1914. Though mothers come in a variety of styles, they influence our lives at every age and stage.  When Winston Churchill was asked to list the teachers who had influenced him the […]

May 8, 2021