Live with a purpose!

Yea, you thought I was slackin’.  Well, maybe this morning, because I needed to get to school early today.  But tonight, week FIVE day one routine resumed.    I can’t believe I’m on week 5! Tonight I heard Shaun T. say a couple of saying that stuck in my mind; “Give...

A Lost Cause

I’m glad we are not like my thumb-drive…“a lost cause”. A few weeks back one of my students walked by my classroom computer and accidentally bumped into my thumb-drive while going back to his seat.  When he did, it bent the chip inside.  (He has no clue he did it.  I...

Verses for the grads

    My oh my where has the time gone?  My boy is graduating this year from high school!  Yesterday I got to take pictures of my “four boys” for their grad party.  They were a hoot!  Then they sat around in the backyard and we talked about when they first met...

Inhale…Exhale Part 2 (Teens!)

  “Inhale…Exhale”  journal entry has taken on a whole new meaning. Slowly breathe in and out.  Count to ten.  Close my eyes.  Think positive.  Focus on God’s goodness.  That’s what I had to do this morning with a certain teen in my house this morning.  I’m sure...

Inhale…Exhale

Just Breathe.  Have you ever been near a chemical plant, landfill, freshly “used” cow pin, or your own trash on a later day than normal trash day, and tried to inhale deeply?  Ugh!  That is stanky!  You know you want to remove yourself from that vicinity as soon as...

Focus on The Core

  “When you focus on the core, everything else just seems to fall into place.” Oh if this doesn’t sound like something I’ve said time and time again.  Here’s the way I memorized Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all...