FATHERS

I started this blog to share thoughts on small-town life, faith-based parenting, and other essential things.

My posts are featured weekly in two Louisiana newspapers:

The Enterprise & Interstate Progress--Mansfield and The Coushatta Citizen--Coushatta.

I'm so glad you've stopped by! Please take time to comment and let me know how you're doing.

The Tables Are Turned

Maybe it’s just me. Maybe my husband is the only poor soul who gets sent on a mission of futility…I mean an errand for his wife. It...

INSIDE THE INSIDE JOKES

Family stories are the lifeblood of our get togethers. When the conversation lags, someone will say, “Do you remember the time…..” We...

OUR FAMILY DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BIBLES!

I was teaching Sunday School to the first and second graders, including my oldest child. This is the age where I personally like to get...

NOW WHERE DID I LEAVE THAT KID?

After church can be so much fun! We all have that joyful feeling from the sermon and the music. We are with our brothers and sisters in...

AM I QUALIFIED TO RIDE THIS TRAIN?

One weekend my husband and I decided to take the train down to Austin, Texas for the weekend. We left early in the morning and would...

WHAT'S YOUR SUPERPOWER?

We all have superpowers-we truly do. Not the cool Superman strength or Wonder Woman’s invisible jet (wouldn’t that be amazing?) But we...

COON HUNTING FOR DATE NIGHT?

Our friends Kelly and Don go raccoon hunting for Date Night. I admit, I find it a little strange. But it’s the South so we do things a...

THE SIXTH TIME I LOST MY CHILD

My youngest child Cameron was born in 2000 and I lost him five times by the time he was seven years old. I feel like I should say that...

JUST PART OF A DAY'S WORK

I entered the coffee shop as always – love this place! A sheriff’s deputy was ahead of me-no worries. I am a law abiding citizen. I pay...

JESUS IN THE DRIVE THRU

Does anyone out there do a regular family worship? We did off and on when the boys were young. I’ll admit-as they got older and into...