"...And were at their wits end. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble And he brought them out of their distress...My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!" (Psalm 107:27b-28; 108:1) Hopeless and confused, describes how I was feeling in 2015 … Continue reading A Fragile State of Repair
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The Last Goodbye!
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!
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 Night We Wed!
That incredible Friday, June 26, 1981, I left the church as Mrs. Rodney Alan Phillips! The anticipation of becoming "Mr. & Mrs." had been building and now it was finally a reality. (I say finally, in reality, I think our engagement had been all of three months 😉 ) The ceremony was superb from the … Continue reading The Night We Wed!
Living on the Edge of God’s Perimeters
Have you ever been rescued from a scary plight you ignorantly got yourself into? Well, it is possible there were many for me! One perilous predicament took place while experiencing college life at a Bible college as a middle-aged teen. Being somewhat gullible, not to mention naïve, I allowed myself to be escorted by a … Continue reading Living on the Edge of God’s Perimeters
The Scarlett Road 