How do you react when somebody hurts you? (I’m about to get brutally honest.) Sometimes, I get upset when David says something that hurts my feelings. I’m really not mad…I’m SAD. But, I’m not brave enough to admit to him that he has the power to hurt me. Because, somehow, that makes me feel like […]

Sometimes when you have a crazy schedule you do what you can to make life work. So, we have Ashtyn home-schooled. I don’t teach her, myself, because I really want her to be smart. (Lol) Mayra, here at the church, does a wonderful job tutoring Ashtyn for us. The other day, Mayra told me a […]

Do you ever feel like you just want to give up and QUIT? (I know I have.) When Navy SEALS go through their six months of harsh training, all they have to do to get out of it is quit and RING THE BELL. Sometimes, life seems TOO HARD and we feel like giving up. […]

When our church was really small, God told us to start another campus in the St. Charles area. So, we began looking at buildings for sale. One, was a run-down old K-mart that needed a TON of work. Another, was a GORGEOUS building in Earth City. It was perfect, but it was under contract to […]

I remember, one day when Austin was in high school. He came in feeling pretty BIG. He was taller than me. He weighed more than me. So he’s like, “Hey mom! I bet I could take you down.” I said, “Can you, now, Son? I want you to remember that I brought you into this […]