Do you believe in ghosts? When I was a teenager, I loved scary movies and haunted houses. The scarier the better! I remember my high school best friend’s brother sneaking us in the movie theater to see The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. At the time I thought it was great to be terrified like that. As… Continue reading Ghosts
Author: Laurel Burton
Hardest
Our minister is in the middle of preaching a series on the Lord’s prayer. He’s doing a really great job of it, taking each line and analyzing it with us. We all should pray like Jesus did, daily with the depth of simplicity. It’s not always easy to pray. But I have found during the… Continue reading Hardest
Decisions, Decisions
They say the average person makes 33,000 to 35,000 decisions every day. Some things come so automatic that we don’t even think about of those daily decisions. Then, there are those decisions that are so very difficult. Punishing your naughty child; giving the car keys to your teenager; taking a loved one off life support;… Continue reading Decisions, Decisions
Vain
One of the best stories ever, in my opinion, is Pride and Prejudice. My favorite version is the one with Colin Firth that is several episodes long. In one scene he professes his love for Elizabeth saying, “In vain I have struggled and it will not do.” Vain can be defined as “producing no results;… Continue reading Vain
Send Them
I have a good friend whose spiritual gift is making cards and giving them to others. She is very humble about it, but her cards have helped me and so many others. It was 10 weeks yesterday since my mother died. You may not know, but she died the day before my birthday. We went… Continue reading Send Them
These Hands
These hands gave so much love. These hands have gone above. These hands saw ninety-four years. These hands dried many tears. These hands held babies close. These hands gave many a dose. These hands were full of scars. These hands witnessed many wars. These hands will not again be held. These hands we’ll hold beyond… Continue reading These Hands
Every Little Thing
I like the song Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. It’s a positive song that helps in this negative world. Life is hard. We all know it. Every single day has something or someone that makes living in this world difficult. I saw a post the other day that said we have gender confusion and… Continue reading Every Little Thing
Better Off Dead
In 1985, a movie was released called Better Off Dead. It was a comedy about a teenage boy whose girlfriend had just broken up with him, and he tried many times to end his own life. Back then when I was a teenager myself in 1985, it seemed like a good movie. However, real life… Continue reading Better Off Dead
The Plane Crash
Recently, I had to spend several hours with a most negative person. Ninety-nine percent of everything out of their mouth was negative. Even after I called them on it and asked them to just chill, they kept on vomiting negativity! So much so, I began typing in my phone every negative thing out of their… Continue reading The Plane Crash
Rock Bottom
When my kids were growing up, they loved to watch the show SpongeBob. To an adult it seemed like the weirdest cartoon about a sponge, starfish, crab, and a squirrel who all lived in the sea. The squirrel lived in a glass dome so she could breathe. They all had names, and most of the… Continue reading Rock Bottom