Paying Taxes

Everyone knows what today is…it is Tax Day!  In fact, this year we get an extra two days to mull over the papers and wring our hands to figure out if we owe or get a refund from the government because of the District of Columbia’s Emancipation Day that fell on Monday....

Mysterious Ways

God works in mysterious ways….  I have heard this mantra my entire life.  Most of the time it is said when something terrible or unexplainable happens and the onlookers are at a loss of what to say to the victim.  Basically, it’s said when we don’t know the why, the...

Bible Matters

Recently, I tried to read The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo.  I got bored with all of the character details within the first 70 pages and set it down to wait for the movie.  My husband, Lee, then picked it up and read the whole book while giving me a play-by-play of the...

Jumping the Hurdles of Life

Did you get the memo that life was going to be easy?  Was there a section indicating that life was going to be fair?  I sure didn’t!   I’ve been checking my mailbox, my inbox and my Facebook messages regularly, but have yet to receive such a notice.  Sigh…....

Dancing

I love to dance.  My mother-in-law loves to watch Dancing with the Stars.  We make quite a pair when we sit down to watch an episode.  She adores the costumes and shoes and I have to sit on my legs to keep myself from jumping off the couch whenever a fast tune twirls...