This Gift

Phylicia | December 23, 2009

One semester is finished… and I really can’t believe how fast it flew by.  They always told me it would, but looking back it feels like such a long time ago that I packed up and drove down to Virginia, apprehensive about what was to come.  Now Lynchburg is my second home, and if [...]

Plain and Simple

Phylicia | October 5, 2009

I am not going to put a pretty picture on this post.  I may stop putting up pretty pictures for a little while.  Sometimes the words on the page need to suffice, and if they are worth reading a picture won’t make them better or worse… even though it may be worth a thousand more [...]

His Saving Faithfulness

Phylicia | July 18, 2009

“But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.  At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.”  (Ps. 69:13)
Over the past two years I have had a dream — one that has been delayed by circumstances, time, money, and my own lack [...]

Doing Things My Way

Phylicia | June 30, 2009

Lately I have had a lot on my mind.  Many decisions, choices, and issues have been facing me on several different fronts, and I have been struggling to come to a conclusion for each of them.  One in particular was weighing on my mind because I knew I had ‘messed up’.  I had compromised my [...]

Lassie, Come Home

Phylicia | January 28, 2009

That adorable little ball of fur on the left is my Sheltie, Lassie.  She will turn three this spring, just a few days before my own birthday, and she is a happy little creature without a care in the world.  Thanks to mom feeding her while I am at work, she is a fat little [...]

All Your Needs

Phylicia | January 20, 2009

Today was the presidential inauguration. Most of our nation is rejoicing — while there are others who cringe to think of what is to come under our new leader’s direction. For some, he provides ‘change’ and ‘hope’ — two ideas that seem to be our nation’s most pressing needs. For others, he symbolizes an artful deception over the majority of Americans — people who, in an appearance-oriented and materialistic society, are convinced by charisma and unsupported promise. I won’t pretend my sentiments lie with the former.