Category: travel

Road Trip

Feb 2019 The sale of the house is getting to be a bit much and so it is time for us to get away! We’ve been talking about a massive road trip for quite a while – and decided that it is time now! We’ve had some great conversations with my Aunt Dian and Uncle …

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Tahitian Dreams

Taha'a with my family

Once in a lifetime opportunities are magical moments and you never know when they will happen or how they will change you. My mom gave our family a memory that will last forever! We had 16 days together and had a glimpse of heaven in the people and place of French Polynesia. We had an …

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Choose Who You Will Follow

October 2016 Self indulgence has always been my down fall …. I mean seriously – who doesn’t crave comfort and ease. Yet God calls us to so much more – something that will be so much better. Growth is just a part of my walk with God. He doesn’t want me to stay stuck and …

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God’s Timing and Plans are Always Perfect

September 2016 I was handed an opportunity to run away the last week in August – I had 6 days to pack and go! It involved the ocean and a cruise ship – needless to say – I grabbed it. I had been praying for a way to get alone – like really alone and …

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End of the Rainbow

March 17, 2016 After going to Ireland in 1999, I found a new love for all things Irish.  The country was beautiful, the people were kind, the air was fresh, the music lively and the storytelling amazing. So today – I will celebrate the beautiful country and know that I will someday find my very own …

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Home sweet Texas home

February 11, 2016 Home!  Just a few more hours …. At La Guardia getting ready to board …. The most important thing is getting home to my 3 boys – my husband and our fur babies … After Sunday’s scare, I am going to love on them like crazy!  5:30 arrival can’t get here fast enough.

Read your Bible more

February 9, 2016 It’s my surprise last day on the Anthem and the final day to make the time to take in the vastness and majestic wonder of God.  With everything that went down, I am so grateful to have the chance to spend a half day in prayer … Me, God, His Word and …

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Heading back to Bayonne

February 8, 2016 In almost 30 years of cruising …. I have never experienced anything like I did last night …. Top winds near 180 mph and seas over 50′.  I was literally bobbing on a 168,000 ton cork with 5,000 of my closest friends.  I’m grateful the captain did his job and the ship held …

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Nothing Beats Sea Days

February 7, 2016 I love being on a cruise ship at sea.   Looking out over the ocean and seeing nothing but sea and sky – For me, this is one of the places that I am most aware of God … how big he must be to create all of this and yet he …

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This ship is incredible

February 6, 2016 Nothing like getting on a brand new state of the art cruise ship … Introducing Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the seas