I remember the day (this will date me!) when we used to drive our car up to a gas station and a man in a jumpsuit would come running out and fill our car with gas. While he was doing that, he would take a spray bottle and a cloth…

Ring…Ring….Ring… “Hello” “Hello Pat” Hello?? Who is this? Is this a sales call? “Pat, It’s ME! This is God.” “God Who?” “Excuse Me??” “Sorry Lord, I just didn’t expect to hear from you today” Could this ever happen to you? Are you like me sometimes and kind of put God…

This past year has been a ministry journey that has been unparalleled in my life up until now. That is not to say that it has been the BEST year of my life or the MOST Valuable year. That spot is reserved for my 33 years of marriage to a…

I promised you a funny story today so here goes! We had the fun, although exhausting, joy of having one of our G’s girls spend the night this weekend. This little sweetheart is the 5  year old “Big Sister” of our youngest son’s crew of 3. After a fun day/night…

“Sweet Tea” has provided my family with a brand new teasing opportunity for me.  As I mentioned in my last post, following the family photo on St Armand’s Circle (post below), they all quipped almost in unison..“that’s a Blog”….Those little cuties 🙂 Yesterday, I realized how true it is that…

At 10:30 last night, after arriving back home from Julianna’s 21st Family Birthday Dinner (that included one very special friend), I quickly checked my email and popped a note on facebook about how completely blessed and FULL I was.  I really felt like it was ALL of our birthday!!  I…