I feel so blessed to have woken up at the beach this morning with my sweet girls, momma, and my sister and her family. My husband knows my heart is most free when I see the ocean and when I’m around my family. Watching the kids play in the water with my mom was priceless. My momma is 76 and such a fun, sweet, and sassy little China doll. Every Mother’s Day I feel the tension and joy of wanting…
Today my baby turns twelve! I’m feeling all the feels. I’ve cried today thinking about the first time I held Emma Grace in the hospital. Her big brown eyes looking up at me with total dependence. Where has the time gone? When she was little, we would walk around the neighborhood and she would reach up to hold my hand. She would wave and blow kisses at neighbors and animals with the other hand. She is now 5’6″ and taller…
Last weekend, we invited families to get up before the sun to celebrate Easter at our annual sunrise service. I have had the honor of hosting the service the past 13 years with the radio station where I serve. It’s one of my favorite traditions of the year. I nervously stepped on the stage with my co-host to welcome a record 10,000 friends. All of us, together, in the dark…anticipating the sun to rise…anticipating light. As the dark sky surrounded me, I…
I have always had a strong connection to anchors. My daddy served in the US Navy for many years and then went on to run all of the recreation for the sailors on the base in Orlando. My stomping grounds. Both of my parents worked on the base while I played at Little Navy World Day Care Center. My first concert was on that base, every July 4th, my childhood. The anchor became a symbol of a great community, courage,…