by Lisa Maples | Jan 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
During the past week, I have been pondering the idea of choosing ONE WORD to ground me and propel me into 2015. I discussed the idea with my family. One of my children chose “Persevere” and the other child chose “Lead”. These words have...
by Lisa Maples | Dec 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am so blessed by the heartfelt writing of Ruth Ayers. It is an honor for me to celebrate with her and other bloggers today by participating in a link-up at Ruth’s website. It has been a while since I blogged at this site. I have another site,...
by Lisa Maples | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
At the moment of the commotion, I paused. Through the bathroom wall I knew something was wrong from the uproar that I just heard. Immediately, I heard my oldest child crying. It was real. I ran to the top of the stairs and saw her sitting on the landing of the...
by Lisa Maples | Jul 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am blessed that my children enjoy playing with each other. For our family, two sisters being three years a part has worked well, giving them hours of pure joy as they play with their American Girl dolls, dress up, put on makeup for fun and create Barbie stories at...
by Lisa Maples | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week while being a church camp counselor, I met an amazing family. Steve and Sandra Hogue, after dealing with infertility, decided to meet not just their own need to have a child, but to provide a family for children known as orphans in America. I didn’t...
by Lisa Maples | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
In my town, a highly anticipated new fly over bridge opened last week. It is located in an area leading from highly populated suburbs onto the interstate loop which wraps around the city. On the day that the bridge opened and the exit sign was unveiled, it had a...
