Over the past two days I have seen two posts that caught my eye; “What you should tell your teen (and yourself) about Kim Kardashian” and “Things I plan to tell my teenage boys about the nude pictures of Kim Kardashian”. I would like to add to the Kim Kardashian buzz by saying, “Let’s pray for her.” Our two sons were fairly young when we let them watch the Star Wars movies for the first time. I remember cringing when we got to the scene in The Return of the Jedi where Princess Leia is scantily dressed while chained to the wall in Jabba the Hutt’s lair. I also remember…

I am in the process of self-publishing my first work of fiction, and as I’ve started talking more openly about my book, I’ve been shocked by the number of people who have stated they, “don’t waste their time with fiction.” I’ve had several women tell me that they only read books that will help them to be a better person or books that will strengthen their walk with the Lord. May I say something? I have become a better person and have had my walk with the Lord strengthened through many beautifully written works of fiction. How? Dr. Mark Eckel, author of When the Lights Go Down, explains it this way,…

I have one sibling; a brother, Eric Lee Franks. He has been missing for over three years. There is an ongoing murder investigation that has drained our family in ways I can only begin to describe. Here is what I would like to say to his murderer. Do you know you’re more than a murderer? You are also a thief. You took things that were not yours to take. You stole my brother’s life. You’ve stolen rest from my mother. From countless people you have stolen a friend. From my husband you stole his only brother-in-law; from my children, their uncle. Opportunity is what you stole from me. You see,…

Not too long ago I was in line for coffee and I started talking to the lady ahead of me. (Remember, I’m from the South – we tend to talk to strangers.) So, I’m having a little chat with this woman and because we’re both mothers, we started talking about our children. She asked where my kids go to school and my simple answer sent our conversation on a downward spiral. Where do my kids go to school? I homeschool our kids. I homeschool our kids. That’s all I said, and that’s all it took for this lady to start putting herself down for being a working mother and for putting…