let not your heart be troubled...

This has been  such a crazy year.   Here are a few high lights: Hannah graduated from high school Kyle took a month long sabbatical fr...

The journey to get Hannah McKay to college has been a winding one.  Samford...UMHB…LETU…Blinn…A&M…where would she go?  What would she st...

I blogged a while back about Hannah and how she would always ask "what are we doing tomorrow?".  I miss those days.  Now the quest...

Have you ever been given a gift, but didn't recognize it at the time as that?  This has happened to me and I am really only seeing it th...

Love has had so many different meanings to me during the 46 years I have been on this earth.  When I was young, I loved toys or candy  or ce...

Hannah is a senior this year.  I always imagined her senior year with a guy involved, I guess, because she has always dated in high school. ...

Many years ago, I learned how to make the simplest things- spiced pecans.  5 ingredients:  pecans, egg whites, sugar, salt and cinnamon- tha...

Feelings are real.  They belong to the person who feels them.  They are also very complicated at times.  Feelings cause us to explode, or to...

Said goodbye to a precious friend this week.  I cannot imagine anyone that has impacted my life more than Mr. Gayle Mitchell did.  From the ...

I went to a funeral today.  We were in Hempstead, a place that we lived from 1997-2004.  We raised our kids there.  We became a part of the...

I know what you are thinking..."I know you...I talk to you (or listen to you)...you do not know anything about brevity.  You take a mil...

When I fly, I have a lot of time to think. This week is no exception. My mind is racing with thoughts of family, church stuff, work stu...

In less than a month, school will start again.  In less than a month, my youngest, Hannah, will be a senior.  In less than a month, my l...

I have been at the pastor's conference in Jacksonville, Florida with our whole church staff.  Kim (dayschool and preschool), Andrew ...

We have been in Jacksonville Florida at the Pastor's conference all weekend.  Each day has brought new messages and wonderful music.  Th...

I remember when you were born.  I remember how much hope and promise you brought with you.  I have always wanted so much for you.  I have pr...

Today is my anniversary.  I married the man of my dreams 28 years ago today.  I should actually say I married the young man of my dreams...h...

Caught you off guard with the title, huh?  By now, you are wondering- is Becky ok? (I am!) Is her marriage ok? (It is!)  Is she depresse...

Last year, we attended lots of football games.  Week after week, we traveled on Fridays to stadiums miles and miles away from our home to ...

As a believer, I come with certain gifts.  Each of us has a spiritual gift, unique to that person, but sometimes these take time to see or d...