The doorbell rang last Friday night while we were at my parent’s house for Thanksgiving, and I was so surprised when one of my high school friends was standing on the porch as we opened the door!
We had not seen each other since 1983!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Charlotte and I were in 4-H together and all sorts of other things! Now she lives in Arizona with her family. We reconnected a couple of years ago when Charlotte heard about Nick’s fight with cancer. She found me through the Internet and became an immediate encourager. See, Charlotte knew exactly what road I was on, because she lost her son to bone cancer several years ago at the age of 20.
Her constant words of love have gotten me through a lot of tough days.
It felt so good to hug her and share a few minutes catching up IN PERSON!
I love you, Charlotte! So much!
Have a very merry Christmas!
In December of 2007 as our youngest son, Nick, was fighting brain cancer, I began to blog. Writing provided a way for me to release all of my questions, fears, and doubts. It also allowed me to share the ups and downs of Nick's journey with people who were praying for him all over the world. When Nick went Home in November of 2008, my blog became my way of searching for God in the midst of my deep heartache. My heart was broken and grief brought to the surface every emotion imaginable. Being able to release those emotions through my writing brought a sense of purpose to my pain. Having already walked the road of grief in 1992 when we lost our daughter to SIDS, I knew I needed a way to keep from falling into a pit of depression and despair. I had walked close to the edge of a bottomless pit when we lost our daughter,and I knew I couldn't let myself get that close to the edge again. This blog has been and continues to be my tiny corner of the world where I can share My Heart as I journey through God's Word.......thus the name........ My Heart His Words. Thank you for taking time to share life with me. If we do not meet while here on earth, I look forward to hearing all about your life when we reach our final destiny.........Heaven! Email me anytime at 
I had known for weeks that I was coming home for Thanksgiving. I knew that I HAD to SEE Tammy before I left. The monday before Thanksgiving I took my momma to see her brother in Tennessee. As we were driving down By-Pass road we made a pit stop at the telephone company because I wanted the home town phone book…did you know that……almost everyones addresses and phone numbers are in there????
So…off to Tennessee we go…we were gonna only stay for a day or two, but I talked my momma into staying til Thanksgiving afternoon. I wanted her to spend as much time as she could with him. So….fast forward….a few hours later….we were at the crossroads in Lexington…either turn right to go to her house in Grayson or go left to Brandenburg. I decided to get out that trusty phone book and I called Tammy’s mom and dad. I wanted to make sure they were home before I drove the extra two hours. I would have gladly driven it and my momma was willing to go too, but I wanted to make sure where she was. Mr. Clapper answered the phone and I asked him if Tammy was home and he told me no she wasn’t…I started to get emotional because I thought I wasn’t gonna get to SEE her…he then told me that she was in BRANDENBURG with them. I got so excited. I asked him how to get to his house and he told me. He also promised to keep it a secret. We get there and my momma and I go knock on the door and OH MY GOODNESS….Mr. Clapper had Tammy answer the door!!!! It was so wonderful to see her. I knew that no matter what else I did on this trip home, I wanted to give Tammy a HUG!!! Tammy, thanks so much for being in BRANDENBURG….Thanks so much for seeing me and Thanks so much for loving me. You are an AMAZING woman and I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!