Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

I think the “Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009″ will best be continued after Christmas/New Year’s Eve & football are over.  For now, we’ll all concentrate on Christmas cheer.
For today, I have one of our latest photos for this season from Tom’s office dinner & party.  We are family, this year, with my beautiful daughter, Rebecca, [...]

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
The [...]

Casting Crowns
Being in the middle generation between an elderly parent and grown children with young families many times – as has been lately – brings about all kinds of family crises.  Add to the mix siblings, nieces and nephews, even a grown grandchild with a little girl of her own and life can become a [...]

This photo of a big spring flowing into the White River below Bull Shoals, Arkansas shows one of the most beautiful places we were in last week on the “Andrews Memories Tour” family reunion/vacation trip.
It does not quite accurately depict what my title above says, which is what I see our my window here (scudding [...]

I feel very blessed with amazing graces this morning because of all of your heartfelt comments and prayers on my behalf and for Rebecca and our entire family.
One of the biggest blessings came yesterday about noon when Rebecca called me to tell me she’d had a CT scan early yesterday morning, that the abscess in [...]

My dear friends,
I am home (last night at dark) from an eight day, 575  mile (one way) trip alone to go stay with and care for my dear daughter, Rebecca, last week out near Dallas.  She spent nine days in the hospital with a severe kidney infection and belatedly discovered abscess in her right kidney.  [...]

When Mom & Laura were visiting here last April on our “Great Road Trip of 2009,” one of the first things Laura spotted in our living room was our “Barrick Corner” just to the left of our front door as you come in.  In that corner are one large painting by Bill Barrick (who goes [...]

24 The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 the LORD make his face shine upon you
and be gracious to you; 26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
Today, I am just here to offer you a blessing for each of you for today and the weekend.  [...]

“Beloved composer of ‘I Love You Truly‘ . . . and a hundred other heart songs that express the loves and longings, sadness and gladness of all people everywhere . . . who met widowhood, conquered hardship, and achieved fame by composing and singing her simple romantic melodies. She was America’s gallant lady of song.”
President [...]

These shortening days gliding slowly into fall when the shadows lengthen no longer bring so much deep sorrow and grief to Tom and me as we think of his beautiful daughter Kim and my loving dad, but as the years have gone by bring more lovely reflections and remembrances.
I’ve written here each September [...]