by Lisa Maples | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, my daughter asked me to take her and a friend to a nearby park. Clouds threatened but I agreed. I watched them run to the swings, hop on the green plastic seats, grab the chains, lean back and swing. Immediately, smiles and laughter erupted, erasing the...
by Lisa Maples | Apr 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Peter 5:10 (NIV) “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.” Have you ever had the power go off while taking a shower...
by Lisa Maples | Feb 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Crash! Silence. What happened? Has this series of event ever happened in your life? It has definitely occurred in my house. But it happened in an unexpected place recently....
by Lisa Maples | Jan 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
19 years ago today, it happened. You went to heaven. As I sat at my kitchen table in our newly purchased Townhome, working on my National Board Certification, the phone rang. Papers were spread out everywhere. My mind processed my lessons as I wrote about my National...
by Lisa Maples | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Christmas Eve Eve 2017, I developed a bubble on the white part of my eye. The eye itched constantly. I felt some comfort to leave it closed but the pain was real. The day after Christmas, my eye doctor poked the bubble with an instrument and drained it. Yes, it was...
by Lisa Maples | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
“I love how she designed this space,” squeals that owner of a house which has been redone on TV. It is quite common place to hear people rave over how someone else has repurposed space in a home and rethought how it could look. Somehow, if I have to...
