sandhillsis on March 26th, 2010

My heart is hurting today. It hurts when I look at my country and don’t recognize it as America anymore. Instead I see a tornado slide  spiralling into the great abyss of forced socialism. It makes me sick. I’ve sent my tea bags in quiet protest. I’ve cheered for the rallies that common, tax paying Americans [...]

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sandhillsis on January 11th, 2010

There are few material things that I have that are priceless, but this is one of them… a simple piece of paper, with scrawls of crayon from a child’s hand. I found it after church one day. The pews were empty and I was alone with my thoughts. I asked my boys if it was theirs but [...]

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sandhillsis on September 14th, 2009

It was eight o’clock Halloween night, 2002. I was nine months pregnant with Deputy Barney and W was three then, singing and splashing around in his bath when the phone rang. I closed the door to the bathroom when I went to answer it. “Hello…” “B, it’s your mother.” She was crying. I knew that Dad’s [...]

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sandhillsis on June 28th, 2009

Have you ever answer one of your children’s questions and end up with a better understanding yourself? That’s what happened to me this week. We were on our way to the pool and the kids wanted to know the difference between God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (or Ghost.) I explained it like this. It’s [...]

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