small-town girl (oops) woman living in Southern Illinois. a proud Gigi. biker chick (mine has streamers from the handlebars). florist wannabe. author (oh yeah, I have a blog, baby). friend and foe. official court reporter. insomniac. reader. gardener. vessel of hope. laughing fool. just plain ol’ fool. novice photographer (I shot the header photo). pounder of piano keys (sometimes I tickle them). lover of Jesus the Christ.
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows.” Helen Keller


Oh my goodness Brenda. I am so excited about your webpage. I can’t wait to go on this journey with you. Your blog was so very well written & I am looking forward to many more to come. It is awesome to see you walking out your dreams & allowing us to share in that with you. Congratulations! Just think we might someday be reading one of your books @ book club.
YAY!!!! What Jeri Lyn said!!
Love you, Girl.
LOVE IT!!!! Can’t wait to read more. Thanks for sharing!!
Love ya!
You forgot to mention how well you kick;) Good luck. I look forward to reading your stuff!!
What a fabulous idea! Honey, you’ve got a lot to share with us groupies! I’m looking forward to it….Keep Calm & Carry On!
Go Brenda!
In your spare time girlfriend! Oh my I’m impressed!! Love you!! Miss you also!
After your retirement from being an OCR, I can see that you’ve got a full-time position just waiting, spinning all your yarns into best-sellers!!! Wow! You, go, Girl!!
ok, why no keely stories?
Heaven knows there are plenty of those!!!!
Don’t worry, girlfriend, your time’s a comin’. I have lots of funny stuff, good stuff.
Brenda, thanks ever so much for sharing the article about Our precious Jesus “donning an apron” we had our retreat last weekend and I had picked a mini session about aprons – headed in a whole different direction, but I found that article I had printed a while back and I ran with it!!! It was a big hit! That article and Jesus’ humbleness to serve His disciples brought new meaning to the Last Supper for me and others! Sorry I didn’t know about your blog before – BUT I do now. Thanks for serving Him by sharing!!!!
I always love meeting my “family” on here. Those who love Jesus. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I appreciate it. Sounds like your retreat was a good one.
LOVE those retreats!!