When I was ten years old my dream of becoming a nurse settled into my heart. I spent my teen years working as a Candystriper and reading Cherry Ames books. On May 11, 1985 at the age of 34 I received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. My…

Travel with me to the Western USA. A three week road trip fulfilled some dreams. The journey found me on the back of a motorcycle for the first time in my life.

2022 I feel like I’m skidding in at the last bell with this post. I do wish you all the best blessings of this special season and holiday. Many of us consider the birth of Jesus Christ as the best gift of all, including me. I am a Christian and never fail to feel greatly…

Early on a chilly December morning in south Louisiana. I stopped at Wal-Mart before heading to town …

Good evening, I just wanted to send along an update about what’s going on in my writing world. JOURNEY OF HONOR has been finished. It’s been through several back and forth with the first editor and now is in the capable hands of the second editor. I have my fingers crossed and prayers lifted for…

This time of year takes me down many memory lane paths. I don’t remember many Thanksgiving dinners from my childhood but I’m sure they involved cornbread dressing, pumpkin, and pecan pie. It was usually just our family of four unless we traveled to Oklahoma to visit the grandparents. As an adult the tradition has become…

This Flash Fiction story won an Honorable Mention at the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation, Inc. Conference May 2022.

Not long ago, I typed “The End” on my novel Journey of Honor. I thought.

Decisions to travel west in the coming year usually took place around a fire in the home of a family. The decision was usually determined by the man of the house…