A Servants Heart

June 29, 2011

The 4th of July is drawing near, Independence Day. Not just a time for fun and fireworks, but also a day to remember those who serve so we may remain free. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the people who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. As I sit typing I […]

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Grasping the Moment

June 22, 2011

It?s a Saturday and I?m sitting on my deck at the river. Rain is pinging off the tin roof and thunder is clapping, echoing between the mountains. Canoers and Kayakers are frantically paddling to get out of the stormy rain. You haven?t lived unless you?ve been caught in a canoe during a thunderstorm. With nowhere […]

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Orphaned, but not Fatherless

June 14, 2011

A few weeks ago I noticed a birds nest sitting high up on the rafters of the shed that covers our camper at New River. I soon made friends with the mother bird. I watched her as she traveled back and forth to her nest. She would fly in and perch on a nearby two […]

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Sweet, Sweet Summertime

June 8, 2011

Officially summer doesn?t begin until June 21. Don?t you think someone needs to tell Mr. Outside Thermostat? Man it?s hot. I truly do love summer. One of the things I enjoy most is my garden. We have already been eating lettuce and onions and my husband Jerry just brought in a banana pepper and two […]

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An Author Is Born

May 31, 2011

This week I?d like to introduce you to an aspiring new author. Her name is Emma Brooke Jolly and she just so happens to be my granddaughter. Last Thursday was her last day as a first grader. She brought home piles of work she?d done throughout the year. One folder contained stories and poems she […]

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Trash or Treasure?

May 25, 2011

While running away from home for a few days last weekend I was able to scratch another item off my bucket list. I stayed at Cades Cove in the campground. For twenty years my husband Jerry and I have been traveling to Cades Cove, Tennessee. The cove is about forty-five minutes from Gatlinburg in The […]

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Cross Country

May 17, 2011

Last week while picking up my Aunt Lafayette?s granddaughter Tess at The Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, thoughts of other times at airports flooded my head. First came the memory of waiting, then waiting some more. Arriving way too early my husband and I sat around watching people. Of course I?m reading a […]

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The Big Bad Wolf

May 10, 2011

All of us know the story of Little Red Riding Hood. It seemed everywhere she went there he was, that big bad wolf. Lurking behind a tree, around the corner of her house and even dressing up like Little Red Riding Hood?s poor old grandmother. He had one intention and that was to get Little […]

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In The Twinkling Of An Eye

May 4, 2011

Well it?s been another wild and crazy week at the Byrd house, sickness, surgery, golf trip, and a tragedy in the middle of the night. Sounds like the makings of another novel, doesn?t it? Yes, these things really happened this week. Real life stories are sometimes much more unbelievable than fiction. I?ll start with my […]

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Detours

April 26, 2011

There is a note pasted on the wall behind my computer. It reads: Leave room in your life for detours. It has taken me many years to fully accept this statement, and still at times I have to fight the urge to stick to my schedule and put blinders on to all else around me. […]

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