Some memories grow in perspective. Like the end of 2014! Rodney and I drove to Alabama (from North Carolina) to spend a few days with family who were driving from Louisiana to meet up with us. We were looking forward to a big Louisiana gathering for July 4th, 2015 like we had experienced in 2013. … Continue reading The Last Goodbye!
Spring break
Recollections of Spring Break and other interesting novelties are forever embedded in my mind! I can’t help but share them because to me, they are a testament to God’s faithfulness through the years. And God’s faithfulness gives me reason to praise Him and exalt His name. Especially as I remember the most life-changing spring break … Continue reading Spring break
A Fragrant Aroma
“I want to live so fully in the Spirit that all my thoughts may be as sweet incense ascending to Thee and every act of my life may be an act of worship.” ---A.W. Tozer As a healthy investment, we made a choice to invest in Young Living Essential Oils several years ago. Our years … Continue reading A Fragrant Aroma
Confessions of a “Sugar-holic”!
I can relate to a scene in the movie, Parental Guidance (2012) with Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. When the granddaughter, Harper, tastes sugar for the first time, she becomes aware of the sugary goodness her parents have been keeping from her. She loses all self-control, indulging in the sweet sugary substance! I remember as … Continue reading Confessions of a “Sugar-holic”!
Stain Free Living
My husband and I planted a lovely Bradford pear in the front yard of the only home we ever had the pleasure of paying a mortgage on during our five years in Ringgold, GA. We placed it in the middle of the yard and were ignorant to the happenings that fell to the ground. Where … Continue reading Stain Free Living
Twelfth day of Christmas
After a beautiful snowy, Colorado Thanksgiving, I returned home looking forward to making Christmas more of what it was always meant to be. With a daughter expecting her first born son the day after Christmas, this celebration already had taken on a fresher more tangible expectation. As I reread some of my treasured books on … Continue reading Twelfth day of Christmas
The Delivery Room
While pastoring in my home state of Louisiana, my husband and I gained some special relationships. One of those lasting friendships is with a sweet friend whose birthday is October 7th while my birthday is October 8th! In 1990, we planned a date night to celebrate our birthdays. We chose the evening of October 6th … Continue reading The Delivery Room
Sorrow and Joy Meet
Taken from STREAMS IN THE DESERT 1: As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing (2 Cor. 6:10). Sorrow was beautiful, but her beauty was the beauty of the moonlight shining through the leafy branches of the trees in the wood, and making little pools of silver here and there on the soft green moss below. When Sorrow … Continue reading Sorrow and Joy Meet
My Man’s 56th Birthday
At 18, I heard my boyfriend preach for the very first time. We were visiting my home church in Louisiana and he had been invited to fill the pulpit that Sunday morning. After hearing his exegetical message, I was convinced he was the one I wanted to hear the rest of my days! Growing up … Continue reading My Man’s 56th Birthday
A Little Bundle!
The sought after adventure of becoming Mrs. Rodney Phillips became a roller-coaster ride for a small-town girl more than she could have ever imagined. Leaving home and family in the south and moving to the gray skies of the north brought a great deal of isolation and loneliness. And just two months after turning 20 … Continue reading A Little Bundle!
The Scarlett Road 