Liz's Letters

I know that it is Tuesday. But yesterday, which was Monday, I was enjoying a day at the Texas State Fair with my beautiful daughter. During the day, God gifted me many times, which will be a few of my one thousand gifts. 11. My 16 and a half year old daughter will spend the day with her momma at the State Fair – no friends, just mother and daughter. 12. That my aging body is still able to ride rides that spin, twirl and go real fast. 13. The wind in my hair as I hang upside down briefly, while looking at a crowd of observers on the ground below. 14. Hearing my daughter laugh beside me as we fly through the air, in circles. 15. Fletchers Corn Dogs 16. Frozen Lemonade 17. Clip on sunglasses 18. Cell phones, so we didn’t loose each other while I was in line for tickets and she was in ride for a line. 19. Having the opportunity to be way up high, not feel sick, and see things from a different point of view. (wow…how it must look from God’s perspective!) 20. Bubble baths – wh...

Many years ago, possibly 10 years ago or so, I was challenged by reading an article in an Oprah Winfrey magazine. The article was about a particular type of journal, one that she called something like, "Worth Remembering". Keeping a journal has always been something that I enjoyed, starting way back when I was a young child and was given my first diary. It was one of those small, colorful journals with a flap that included a little lock and small key. As a child, I went through quite a few diaries but did not continue into adulthood. After many years of thoughts and memories escaping unrecorded, I began to journal again around 1990. I have not stopped since. The journals began as prayer journals, and although I keep writing in those daily, I do not hang on to them as records since they are my personal struggles; the conversations I prefer to keep between myself and God. But Oprah’s journal idea grabbed me and I decided to practice it as well. I am not sure ho...