Uncle Hoyt’s Double Cola

I can see the orange and white camper sitting atop the red Georgia clay, in the summertime, with peach ice cream churning in a mixer under the awning. Yellow jackets swarm around the basket where the peach peels were tossed, fighting with one another for just one taste of the sweet, sweet syrup. The smell …

Fake Believe Faith

I can remember playing "make believe" and pretending to be someone I wasn't, stepping out of my reality for a moment in time just to be something magical. That got me thinking today about how fast life moves and how sometimes we move right along with it, at a speed that sometimes causes us to …

Dreamslayers Beware

Today is the day that I quit allowing people or circumstances to squash my dreams. For far too long, I've allowed myself to use all sorts of excuses that have prevented me from being the kind of person that I want to be. Yeah, I said it...I've allowed this to happen to myself, I've allowed …

Learning to Live

Isn't it amazing that we spend so much time looking forward to dates, special events, and other things? Sometimes I feel as though I'm doing so much of this that I postpone enjoyment of today and fail to recognize the beauty of the here and now. We are not promised tomorrow; no matter our age …

Summertime in Pike

I sit at my kitchen table enjoying the early morning sunrise while watching the deer in the backyard. Our dogs are on high alert as they watch the deer cross through the field at a leisurely pace. The air outside is surprisingly cool and crisp for a late July morning in Georgia. I can't help …

Four Dogs, Crab Legs, and a Car Fire…OH MY

It just wouldn't be me if something outrageous didn't happen on or around my birthday. As a kid, I would spend some birthdays sitting in the hospital waiting room when my Nannie was sick. Other times, I had parties that ended up making me question why I wanted to have parties, like the time I …

The Good Ol’ Days

When I was a little girl, I would sit around and listen to the old folks talk about the "good ol' days" and sit dreamily as I listened to how great it must have been. My grandmother and her two living sisters would talk about when they were little girls and for me to imagine …

He Will Finish What He Started

When a dream is placed within your heart, do you know where it originates? Is the dream of selfish origin or God's true desire for your life? God knows the desires of our hearts, before we can even imagine those desires. Sometimes I catch myself believing that because God knows those desires that He's willing …