Last Updated on January 30, 2020 by Stacy Averette Most of the time I don’t go to the thrift store looking for anything in particular. It’s just my version of “retail therapy”. (I’m a low-maintenance kinda girl.) Many, many times I leave empty-handed. Not this time. Like most of my “good finds” I didn’t go…
Last Updated on January 15, 2025 by Stacy Averette This is the time of year when many of us are blessed with fresh tomatoes. Nothing beats a sandwich made with thick, juicy tomato slices, fresh white bread, lots of mayonnaise, and salt-n-pepper. My pantry and freezer are stocked with tomatoes (thanks to my Dad) and…
Last Updated on July 9, 2018 by Stacy Averette Have you ever been hurt by an unkind word said about you? What about an unkind word said about someone you love—especially one of your children? A recent supper-table conversation: “Mom, do you know __________? He told me today that his grandmother doesn’t like me.” “Why…
Last Updated on July 14, 2017 by Stacy Averette She abandoned her whole self to the Lord, with all that she was and all that she had, and, believing that He took that which she had committed to Him, she ceased to fret and worry, and her life became all sunshine in the gladness of…