The third oldest of seven children, I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, at 7:11 a.m., weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., was the seventh baby born that morning, and was born on the seventh floor of the hospital. My birth date is 7-17-57. My mother told me that there were a lot more sevens related to my birth, but she couldn’t remember them. She also told me that she thought that…
I’m the third oldest of seven children. God watched out for me even before I was His child. My dad was a career Navy man and in the spring of 1966, when I was eight-years-old and the Vietnam War was going on, I got pulled out of school and my family moved to Eva Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. My dad was preparing to go to Vietnam and…
Hebrews 9:27 says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die…” On October 3, 2004, Michelle (my 19-year-old daughter) and I were en route to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, with my good friend, Alice. We were caravanning down Interstate 75 with our pastor, who’s home with the Lord now, and his fun-loving wife, Sondra Craft. We were following the pastor’s car, and Sonnie was driving. Michelle unbuckled her seat belt…
In August, 1989, Floyd worked for GE Aircraft Engines, and they were relocating our family from Cincinnati, Ohio to Valdosta, Georgia. It was a straight shot down Interstate 75. A moving truck packed us up, so all we had to transport were our two vehicles, three kids, and ourselves. That sounded easy enough. We loaded up and hit the road. I followed Floyd down 75, through downtown Cincinnati and into…
Anyone following my blog is aware that my husband and I met and got married in England. We were both in the United States Air Force. We lived a thirty-minute drive from base and took the seldom-traveled country roads to get there. Early one Saturday morning, I was on my way to church for an all-day ladies conference. The church sat right outside the main gate of the base. The…
God is incredibly good, and I think a lot of His children take for granted the things that He does for them each and every day. And then, family or friends will comment, “Boy, were you lucky.” Well, I don’t believe in luck. Not good luck. Not bad luck. Everything I deal with in life is filtered through the fingers of God’s love, mercy, and protection. He never leaves me…
Floyd and I were both in the United States Air Force. We met and got married while we were stationed in England. The following July, Floyd took leave, so we could go to the States on vacation with our three-month-old son, Toby. That way, I could meet Floyd’s family. He could meet my family, and everyone could see the baby. We prayed about making the trip. Even back in 1980,…
Our son, Toby, was born on April, 21, 1980, and we almost lost him two days later. Back then, OB ward accommodations for mothers and newborns were a lot different than they are today. The babies were only allowed in the mother’s room at feeding time. They stayed in the nursery the rest of the time, and feeding times were strictly adhered to. So if babies got hungry in between…
My husband, Floyd, and I met in England. I was an A1C (E-3) in the United States Air Force, and he was a Tech-Sergeant (E-6). He arrived on base in January, 1979 (seven months after I got there). We started going together in May, and we got married in August. (Short courtship.) The following April, our son, Toby, was due, so I had to decide if I wanted to stay…
In June, I was at the Fort Riley Army Post in Junction City, Kansas, helping my daughter-in-law with the kids after her hernia repair. We stopped by the Exchange, and I met a lady there who was doing a book-signing, so I talked to her. She was a self-published author who set up book-signings all over the country on military bases. I asked her how she did in sales. She…