Teresa's Treasures

After visiting Laura last week-end and going on a nature trail, I was so intrigued by the hummingbirds that I bought a feeder myself. I asked Phil to hang it on the shepherd's crook in our back yard, behind my kitchen window. And he did. I wanted two of them, but Phil said we'd see how long it took them to find this one. Oh! My! My! My! My My! In less than 24 hours we had hummingbirds...enough hummingbirds that I came up with this blog. I've named one of them KING TUT because he's the bully and thinks he's the leader. I've named another one of them ESTHER, because she's bullied by King Tut. The rest of the covey are THE OTHERS because there's just too many to give names to and they fly too quickly to know which is which. Okay. Here's the parable that I literally came up with in less than 10 minutes because I've seen it ALL MY LIFE. It is so similar to what happens in the CHURCH that I didn't even have to think about it. It just flowed. 1) Kin...

In May, my daughter Laura, moved to Paducah, after living in Bowling Green all her life, with her husband, Clinton, whom she married eight months ago. I've had the privilege of visiting with them over the past two days and have enjoyed seeing the results of seeds that were sown in her youth, that have, now, grown to maturity. With so many of my "Friends" on Facebook experiencing, for the first time, what it feels like to have their little chicks "fly the nest" I want to share with you some of the things that happened to me in Paducah this week-end, that mimick what you may be going through, as your little chick starts to school. When I was almost to Laura's apartment, I called to be reassured I could find her. I had the directions from MapQuest, but I knew if she heard my voice telling her where I was, I could hear her voice, reassuring me I could find her. "Don't ever go beyond the sound of my voice." When I was almost to Laura's ...