I bought the blanket around 3 a.m. one morning from the Walgreens next to the hospital.  I can’t remember which girl I was staying there with that time; just one of many, many overnight stays at the hospital during my years with Starlite.  I have a bag I usually take with me, but I didn’t [...]

Riddle me this: why, on a regular basis, do I find myself accidentally walking into men’s restrooms in various businesses, churches and schools? I mean, I’m all amount meeting new guys, but I prefer to do it on a more casual basis unlike this morning’s misadventure in a nearby men’s restroom. And yes, that’s all [...]

Believe it or not, we’ve still got more questions from last week to go through! Scribbles asked: “You may have answered this in another place on your blog (I’m a new reader), but I’d love to know more about Starlite, it’s vision and mission, etc.” I get this question quite a bit, actually! To get [...]

I have never and likely will never make hot tea.  Or maybe I will one day.  Either way, my pink teapot will be ready and waiting, a sweet little gift that greets me each and every morning I walk into my kitchen.

Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a group of girls in their late teens and early twenties who found themselves single on Valentine’s Day. “Whatever shall we do?” they cried, frantic with worry. “We can’t just sit around the castle on this most special of holidays!” And so, the fair [...]

One of the things I love most about my college girls is their honesty.  I went to lunch with two of them — Joy and The New Anna (we have two, hence the nickname) — after church today and, as we were pulling out cash to pay our checks, one of them reminded the other [...]

It was, in a word, perfect.

I celebrated this Valentine’s Eve differently than any other one in the past: I fixed dinner for one of my college girls, Lizy, and her boyfriend, Caleb, who came in town to celebrate the holiday with her.  They’ll spend time together alone tomorrow night, but as for tonight, there’s nothing more romantic that dinner with [...]

HAPPY VALENTINE’S EVE!!! I’m sorry, I just had to go ahead and get that out. I’ve been waiting all week to say it to y’all. Valentine’s Day is my third favorite holiday ever. Actually, it’s really my second — right after the front-runner known as Thanksgiving — but I felt like I should put Christmas [...]

It took about three months and 30 lies uncovered to get me here, but it finally occurred to me today that, quite frankly, I should be on my knees thanking God that boy actually didn’t like it enough to attempt to put a ring on it.  ‘Cause sometimes you just don’t know what you got [...]