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Rose Petals
Rose Petals: God Answers Prayers
May 2, 2013 Today is National Day of Prayer, so I thought it was fitting to reflect on prayers answered. Here is one that gave me goose-bumps. It was several years ago when my husband and I were trying to sell our home place in order to build on another piece of property we had had the opportunity to purchase. (Those circumstances constitute another answered prayer.) But we had not received any offers after a year on the market. So we remodeled the house with the intention of making it more appealing to a potential buyer; if not, more appealing for us to continue to live in. It was March. I distinctly recall that in my devotional and prayers one morning, I told the Lord that if it wasn’t His will for us to sell, then I was okay with that. (More) Rose Petals: The Dust Bowl of the Thirties Revisited
April 4, 2013 There is a young mother I want to tell you about who has learned how to make water stretch. It all began about a year ago, when the drought really reared its ugly head. Since early in the summer, her husband has been traveling 22 miles each way to the local town and back, hauling water he purchases from the city. (More) Rose Petals: Making a Difference
March 19, 2013 There is a quote by some anonymous writer that reads like this: “Who we are and what we become is determined by those who love us.” There is so much truth to that statement; but I must add these lines: “…and by what we do with that love….” Teachers often have students who are in dire need, and sometimes, we have the opportunity to help those students. Here’s a glimpse of one such student who did something with the help he was offered. (More) Rose Petals: My Book
January 22, 2013 As a former high school English teacher, I have always loved working with teens, and in my deep concern about the growing crisis of teen pregnancies and promiscuity, I have written a book and do presentations to middle and high school youth in schools and churches on the subject of teen dating and abstinence. (More) Rose Petals: Make Him Whole Again
November 22, 2012 In this season of holidays and family and reminiscing, I'm of course thinking of my parents, both gone now. Mother passed this last February; Daddy, way back in 1982. This is about Daddy's passing: (More) Rose Petals: Fifth cousins?
October 17, 2012 In the story about Mildred Van Treese, it was mentioned that her grandfather was Texas hero John Himes Livergood. And there were a couple of other stories that involved the black cat, Scooter, and good friend, Brenda. Who would ever have thought that there would be discovered a connection! (More) Rose Petals: Jency McMurrey Runnels & a New Centenarian
August 19, 2012 It is my pleasure to pay tribute to my mother-in-law, Mrs. Frank (Jency) Runnels, who recently turned 100! She is an amazing woman, still very alert, wise, cheerful, relatively healthy, and full of life. She has lived in the same house since 1940, in South San Antonio; and she lives alone, with someone going in to care for her just three mornings a week! (More) Rose Petals: The Olga Gown and the Stubborn Heifer
July 11, 2012 Franklin had asked me to go down to the pens to help him load the heifer that our granddaughter Linay was going to show that morning. Her dad was in the Valley doing another auction, so he wasn't there to help. So I asked if I could go without changing, and he said Yes. (More)
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