I have a purse that someone gave me. I LOVE this purse!!!! When I got it, I was SO excited that I literally jumped up and down. But I would NEVER have saved up and bought it for myself. I guess I thought it was TOO nice…I didn’t really ….deserve it. That’s the way I […]

We all have our own personal MOUNTAINS to deal with. • Mountains of DEBT! • Mountains of HEALTH PROBLEMS! • Mountains of FAMILY DYSFUNCTION! And sometimes the day of the week it is determines which mountain we are facing. We love to THINK about our mountain, WORRY about our mountain and COMPLAIN to everyone we […]

The other day, I was driving to a conference with MJ, my FUTURE daughter-in-law. We got SO excited talking about the upcoming wedding, the flowers and all the details! It’s going to be one of the BIGGEST days of my life, watching my only son marry this beautiful woman! When suddenly I realized…I’m 42 years-old […]

Some mornings when I’m JUST waking up (in my head) I imagine this wonderful life of my alter-ego. • I have 36 hours in my day and I can get EVERYTHING done on time without being late. • My kids DO exactly what I tell them to do WHEN I tell them to do it. […]

I still remember the first time we looked at buying the ENORMOUS property that would eventually become our Earth City Campus. The MASSIVE square footage! The THOUSANDS of light bulbs! The ACRES of asphalt! The ASTRONOMICAL utility bills! And the IMPOSSIBLE financing! It all weighed heavy on my spirit. It was just too BIG to […]