• Created for Purpose

    Created for Purpose

    We all want to find our purpose — whatever it might look like for each of us. God has given us an innate sense of purposefulness as humans. We seek it…

  • True Love

    True Love

    If you would have asked me 15 years ago what it meant to be loved, my answer would have been very different than it is now.  I grew up learning love…

  • Dear Younger, Single Me

    Dear Younger, Single Me

    Hey, Michael. I am future you. And I am going to share some things I hope sink in. You need to carefully read this and pay attention. You are still a…

  • I Am Here

    I Am Here

    The chicken feet were ordered for me by friends. The dish looked yummy, actually. The feet were fried with a tasty sauce, but nothing could prepare me for the texture of…

  • The Ring

    The Ring

    My husband and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary on Oct. 13. In all those years, the one constant has been his wedding ring. It has seen us through making decisions as…

  • I Can’t Do This

    I Can’t Do This

    My story starts in 2015 when I became caretaker and overseer of my brother Bill. We had 10 children in the Thomas clan. After Momma died in 1965 and Dad in…