I drove slowly past our custom built home in New Mexico where we raised our children. I was anticipating the nostalgia of our beautiful courtyard and water fountain and sprawling front lawn with mature cactus and foliage. I came face to face with a huge wall. The new owners had constructed a new fence over 8 feet tall surrounding the entire property. I imagine they wanted to create an extremely private space and keep out any potential threats to their safety, even though th

I pulled the huge bin out from storage and began going through my journals, dating back to 1986. I have been working on my second book and re-visited the history of elementary days in the lives of my four 5 year olds. Interestingly enough, I opened to a page dated 3-4-01. The title of my entry was a list of my dreams: Doing mission trip as a family Write a book Have a mom’s group Speak and travel I wrote how I was thankful to have the ability to dream. I released these dreams