Attack of the purple ‘bean trees’
We’d had wisteria for years before we were struck by this odd attribute. You think life has no surprises left for you, and then something...
Was a Flea Market Find a Sign for the Future?
A vintage tin that once contained strawberry candy connected her with her family back in Delaware—and pointed the way to a welcome new ...
I've Been Married for Half My Life!
True story: I first talked to him in August of 1994 at a mutual friend’s wedding. I just finished college and he was on leave from the...
Woman’s Spontaneous Question Leads to Saving Man’s Life Years Later On the Phone
You never know what events, or years of divine timing will lead you to a miracle. Our family met John on a cruise ship and we became...
A THANK-YOU NOTE TO REMEMBER
A THANK-YOU NOTE TO REMEMBER Taped to the door of our refrigerator, surrounded by pictures of great-grandchildren, a brief quote of...
I Fell In Love With My Teacher
I fell in love with my schoolteacher and I haven't forgotten her It was 1988 in Petal, Mississippi, and I was in love. My third-grade...
THE ART OF GARDENING WITH GOD
My friend, Art, loved gardening. “I feel closer to God when I’m on my knees in my garden than in any other place,” he once told me. ...
MIRACLE BABY AND HISTORY MAKER
This beautiful baby, Gideon Wilberforce Thybault, is a miracle—one year ago or so he was a frozen embryo, being stored indefinitely as a...
A Good, Good Father
A Good, Good Father As Father’s Day approaches, the words of the Christian song by Chris Tomlin, “You’re a good, good Father..that’s who...
TWO MEN AND THEIR MANUALS
TWO MEN AND THEIR MILITARY MANUALS I was twenty something when I found myself seated beside a weapons expert on a plane; he appeared to...