Crystal’s Journey Home Book 3 of the Crawdad Beach Series Widowed for seven years, Crystal missed her family in Crawdad Beach, but she wouldn’t leave her twenty-three-year-old daughter, and Olivia probably wouldn’t leave Texas. Yet, Crystal’s life continued to bring unwelcome changes. Her neighborhood had gone downhill, her friends had … Continue reading →
Today is Mother’s Day, and my heart beats sad and sore. I miss my mother, who is in heaven, and I miss our only child, who remains estranged. Physical pain comes from mangled tendons on the outside of my hip and an internal tear inside my hip socket as I … Continue reading →
The latest in the life of a Buffaloe — My second MRI with contrast showed a labral tear in the hip bone area, the outside tendons on my hip are not doing well, and I have a softball-sized tumor in the upper inner thigh muscle. Because of those results, the … Continue reading →
Well, life has been interesting. At the end of February a blood test showed I have stage three kidney disease and a cyst on one kidney. The doctor isn’t concerned since my other blood work looked good and the kidney problems may be age related (sigh) or genetics. A few … Continue reading →
My husband and I sleep with our ceiling fan on full blast to keep the air moving and prevent me from going up in flames when I have a hot flash. One night, however, since the outside temperature was extremely frigid, we turned the fan to a lower speed. I … Continue reading →
I sat at our breakfast table and felt a prompting to spend time with God. To my shame, I did not. I sat there and the feeling passed. And then I was overcome by an overwhelming sadness as though my Lord had called and I did not answer. The Shepherd … Continue reading →
I love Spring! The flowers bloom, trees bud and blossom, and the birds sing melodies. But what happens if a bud doesn’t bud? Will it remain a bud, enfolded in beauty, or eventually just wither? I wonder, am I blossoming in the many aspects of life? Am I flourishing or … Continue reading →
