Single Mom…and so much more!

Thank you to my dear friend, Monica Fountain, for telling me about this movie. Providence St. Mel is her husband’s (John) alma mater. (Check out the essay John wrote for the Chicago Sun Times on September 4th.)
This school is located on Chicago’s West Side, where gangs and drugs are realities, and yet the school [...]

One thing I love to do is entertain at home. There’s nothing like getting a group of friends, family, and church folks together to play cards and board games, cook out, laugh, sing, eat, or just be loud (something my family definitely knows how to do). It’s how I was raised, and it’s how I [...]

Fireproof is one of the best movies I’ve rented in a long time. I’m not married, but I’m preparing. And Fireproof is an excellent movie about fighting for your marriage.
Kirk Cameron plays Caleb Holt, a firefighter whose marriage is on the rocks. His wife Catherine (Erin Bethea) is tired of the distance between [...]

The keys to a life of satisfaction, accomplishment, and peace lie in one’s ability to discover his or her potential for excellence; the acquisition of knowledge to develop it; and a willingness to help others. Education is liberation. ~Dr. Ben Carson
After “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story” aired Saturday night, I got several hits [...]