Best Chattanooga Restaurants for Dinner (+ a $50 giveaway!)
I've saved my favorite Chattanooga restaurants for last; while most of them could be lunch destinations as well, I prefer these for dinner fare. I'll share a bit about why they're included and pictures if I have them. Boat House Rotisserie...
Why I should learn to act my age
I have a thing about tan lines. I always have, and given the fact I'm writing this at mid-life, I suppose I always will. My youth was a slather of baby oil and iodine or Hawaiin Tropic--mercy! I can still smell glorious coconut just thinking about it!...
Love mercy? Love Mercy!
There is no greater use of words than to speak on behalf of those who have no voice. While I've failed to practice this to the degree I believe it in recent years, I'm convinced that any persuasion or influence I have is at its best when serving others....
If You Can’t Be With The Ones You Love, Love The Ones You’re With (Part 3)
If you haven't yet, please read Part One and Part Two. Don't miss another thing! Subscribe by email (please and thank you!). iii. I arrived in Chattanooga with my arms open wide. Eager for adventure. Expectant. It's an odd thing how the Lord works in your life,...
If You Can’t Be With the Ones You Love, Love the Ones You’re With (Part 2)
{Continued from Part One ~ subsequent chapters will only make sense if you as a whole - Consider an email subscription?} ii. It was May 2003, not yet summer but the perfect weather for a cook-out. We had planted but now it was time to uproot. We had built and now...
If you can’t be with the ones you love, love the ones you’re with (Part 1)
She addressed me by my favorite name behind Mom and Aunt, the one that gives shape to identity-- "Mama D, why do you talk to us?" I cocked my head to the side not sure what she was really asking, like maybe I was saying too much or dragging her down one of...
Mary, Martha and John: a precious little love story
I couldn't believe my eyes...did not believe my eyes. How could it possibly be her? I hadn't seen her in over 20 years, and yet... Materializing right before my eyes was the lady I had just been talking about less than 24 hours earlier. I still can't...
Around/About: The Wonder Edition
A collection of links I love, sites I like, interesting reads or cool happenings nearby. Tears through laughter is my favorite emotion, and it's exactly what happened when I read Jen Hatmaker's "A Fake Film Crew, Armpit Paste, and Spilled Beer: A Day...
Being OK With Where You Are by Stacey Thacker
Congratulations to Val and Jen who will receive a PDF copy of Being OK With Who You Are!! Thanks to all who commented. It is with great pleasure to relinquish the reins of my blog today to Stacey Thacker, blogger at 29 Lincoln Avenue and author of...