I’ve been blessed in my life to have had military wives as friends, and I’ve learned a lot from them. I respect and admire them so much. When their family is stationed somewhere new, the women know that they will only be there for a short time. Therefore, the women have learned ways of making the most of the time they have in their new home. One friend summarized it this way. “The first thing I do is put out my pictures of family and friends. That makes any place feel like home to me.” Yes, families and friends give us an anchor in this life. They point to the most important things here ... Read the Post
Tragic Awakening
We usually take the important things in life for granted until tragedy strikes. Many years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night because something did not feel right. I got up and checked on my son, and he was fine. I was walking back to bed when the phone rang. It was a 3:00-o’clock-in-the-morning-something-is-wrong kind of phone call. My brother-in-law was calling me with devastating news: my identical twin sister had been in a car wreck and was in critical condition. Her injuries were so severe she had to be helicoptered to the trauma center in San Antonio. I fell to my knees ... Read the Post