Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where’s the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?

First things first.

That’s what I asked my daughter Page to hand-letter in gold on the front of a new, black moleskin notebook.

You can’t keep a good woman down.

Even a short hospital stay doesn’t stop Kathy Crist from staying on mission to help those in need.

I was just about to leave when I saw him. It was his T-shirt that caught my attention.

We were asked to present a few words. What do you say when your firstborn is graduating high school?

Alicia Offhaus is smitten with Classical Conversations of Conway.

She believes attendees will be also if they visit the homeschool group this Tuesday, March 14, for its Excellence in Education lunchtime gathering at Pine Grove Baptist Church on Old Reeves Ferry Road.

Meet Veronica. She is 15 years old and shares a birthday with my mama. I want to tell you I met her in the parking lot across the street from Ocean View Baptist Church, but that’s not really true.

The right words are not coming.

Words are being typed on the page, but they do not come close to what is needed, what I am desperate to get out.

Being dependent on the generosity of others is something Tanya Mauldin knows all too well.

The director of The Shepherd’s Table in Conway said the soup kitchen receives an annual $3,000 grant from the City of Conway. That’s where the secured funding ends.

I did it yesterday. I stole away for a few hours for a return visit to Brookgreen Gardens. I have intended to use my seven-day pass for more than one visit, and yesterday, I did it. I did it alone, and it felt so good.

In thinking back, it seems juvenile. A cute little effort at doing what grownups do - those competent, trained professionals who appear polished, put-together, and oh, so very capable. Yet, with me...perhaps I was a bit deluded when I put pen to paper and wrote those things. Yes, foolish, I was.

I have been drawn to truth, beauty, and goodness all of my life. It’s unexplainable the extent of my desire to perceive and delight in truth, to experience and create beauty, and to know the rich goodness that is felt deep in my soul with the pursuit of such virtues.