This week, a wonderful couple from my hometown (Starke, FL), Mr. and Mrs. Barksdale, are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary. Whoa! Does that give you God bumps like it does me? Just … wowzers. To think two people can stay together, blessing each other and the Lord Almighty who led them together for that long ...
Little Pitchers
Little pitchers have big ears. My granny used to utter those words while shooting pointed shushing signals to my mother with her rounded eyes and squiggling eyebrows when I’d enter a room. All juicy gossip would suddenly cease. Never quite got that old maxim. The meaning was clear, sure, to guard your tongue because little ...
I Broke a House
Confession is good for the soul, right? Okay, I’ll admit it. I break a lot of things. I always have. When I was five, my granddaddy first called me a bull in a china shop. That was after I used Granny’s rhinestone-studded hairnet to sift rocks out of black dirt “flour” while I was baking ...
Heard Any Good Yokes Lately?
I’ve been thinking a lot about yokes this week. No, not jokes (although I love nothing better than a good one!) … yokes. So why, you’re wondering, is Deb obsessing over such a seemingly random, offbeat thing? Well, it’s because I ran across a handful of obscure Old Testament verses that made me curious about yokes (which ...
Got Us Some Winners Here!
Announcing the FOUR winners from my recent newsletter giveaway … yeah, I know I promised 3 winners but you know me. I just can’t resist giving away goodies to my BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever). The winners were randomly chosen because they were able to fill in the missing lyrics to one of my childhood fave ...
Yipee-Yi-Ki-Yay
Okay, BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever), will the cowgirls among us raise their hands? You may not’ve noticed, but my hand’s not up. That’s because it’s busy rubbing lineament on my saddle-sore rump. When my 6-year-old grandprincess, Bree, hit the little girl right-of-passage of being smitten with unicorns a month or two ago, and then promptly ...
Lovin’ Them Critters
One of my favorite places to be in the autumn is at our remote cabin in the Smokies. Not only are the leaves blazing incredible shades of amber, burgundy, and nutmeg, but the mountain critters seem intent on getting to know us two-legged pink creatures nonnative to their natural habitat. May I share some of ...
Steal My Show
Because of COVID, my speaking event schedule has been rather skimpy for the past two years. So I was thrilled when the good ladies of Grace Baptist in Gainesville, FL invited me to bring them a message from my book, More Beauty, Less Beast: Transforming Your Inner Ogre. You may recall that was the second book in ...
Personal Mr. Sinai
I received an interesting question from a faithful reader this week. Judie S. took me seriously when I offered, right here in this blog several months ago, to pray for specific needs of my BFFs. Judie has regularly sent me prayer requests and updates on Papa God’s answers. I’m talking details of her life and ...
This ‘n’ That
Greeting, dearest BFFs (Blessed Friends Forever) – just a short post this week to check in with you. How are you and your fam holding out these Covid-cautionary days? We dealt with it last week at our house but quarantine is now over and Spouse is no longer a hunka hunka burning love (had 101-102 ...
