Dear State of Alabama Legislators, I am a rule follower. I have never been arrested. I have never had a speeding ticket. I am a rule follower. Careful is the best way to describe how I act and react to most situations. This all changed yesterday. I began to notice the difference between “careful” and “courageous” in the leaders we… Read More
Inevitable
It was inevitable. “Autumn, why does Asher talk so funny?” The little girl who spoke these words was not some stranger’s child. It wasn’t a kid from school or church. The little girl who spoke these words has my heart. She has since before she was born. Cristine (a.k.a Cris) and I met many years ago when my husband and I… Read More
When Dreams Die
We always had a Christmas program. Every year, our children’s choir director, Ms. Mary Evelyn, would bestow upon us our musical. Somehow, I always ended up being Mary. I was ok with that because Mary always had a solo. Of course she did! She WAS the mother of Christ. We rehearsed and rehearsed the musical until we had it down… Read More