“You, Martha Nell Arizpe, are not responsible for someone else’s behavior. You have your own behavior to worry about.”   Read More

High School graduation time is upon us! The babies are leaving the nest, because they are not babies anymore.   Read More

Today we celebrate Mother’s Day.  Read More

“Well done, thou good and faithful servant” is all we need to hear. It is all that matters.  Read More

Our natural inclination is to attempt to fix whatever the problem might be, and it is beyond frustrating to realize that despite our best efforts, this particular problem is beyond our capability to repair.   Read More

There are several tricky things to forgive in these few lines. Then again, the Lord never promised that forgiveness was easy.  Read More

“There is only a 20% chance of rain today.” So, I began screaming to no one at all - “WE’RE HAVING A DOWNPOUR!”  Read More

Most of life’s errors cannot be repaired by simply “pulling a string”.  Read More

When I teach Sunday School, I must resort to ringing a bell! Clearly, I need another method.  Read More

Our youngest dog is a rescue named Savannah. She is completely black, half dachshund and half rat terrier, is 3 ½ years old, and has an amazing personality. She follows us around the house – quite literally.   Read More

God could have given us any number of commandments, but he pared them down to ten, so we could remember them and focus on them.  Read More

“Hi Daddy, I love you. Give Mom and the boys a hug for me”  Read More