Rob Hill from House of Hope, Tomorrow on ATS LIVE!
Every so often, my work here at All Things Southern affords me the opportunity to be the tiniest part of something so wonderful, the chance to interact with someone who epitomizes such faith, hope, and love, that it leaves me shaking my head and marveling at the privilege. Tomorrow will be such a day on ATS LIVE. What happened in the life of this average, happily married young couple seen
Elvis Monkeys and Endless Discoveries
I love monkeys, always have, ever since I was a child toting that stuffed black monkey around Bull Run Road. That’d be the one with the half-chewed plastic banana attached to his hand. I’d be the one who did the chewing. What can I say? It was comforting. The only thing I would’ve loved more than my stuffed monkey would’ve been toting a real one
A False Peace at Best
Sue Ellen Binder and Georgia Hathcock were once invited to a mutual friend’s birthday celebration. Call my girlfriends and I the eternal optimists, but rumor had it that those two had finally agreed to let bygones be bygones. Wrong. Being in the same room with 'em is just as uncomfortable as it was when Georgia came back to town and found out Sue Ellen had
Crazy Glue Marriage
Greetings friends! I feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs this morning. 2012 has commenced with a bang! Note to self: update my schedule on the website so you fine folks can play "Where in the world is Shellie?" with me! Suffice to say, a few itty bitty things are falling through the cracks, like, I don't know-- sleeping?! Never
Derrick Brooks
He was born on April 18th, 1973 in Pensacola, FL. Having won football championships at both the high school and college level, he came into the NFL in 1995 with clear goals and a work ethic necessary to see them realized. This native Floridian and first round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wanted to establish himself as one of the league’s best linebackers.
What do you want out of 2012?
I've been writing this post in my head for some time. For the record, it was much easier up there. Now that I have keys under my fingers, I'm discovering that I can't stop hitting the delete button. I keep erasing everything and starting over. Not completely sure what that's all about, but here's what I suspect. I'm intimidated. I don't have time to write a long, beautifully
Inspirational Thoughts from the Slap Happy Cook
If I were to ever have my own cooking show, (and other than the occasional spots I do on morning TV, I don’t foresee that happening) I know just what I’d call it, “The Slap Happy Cook.” That epiphany came to me even before I looked the term up in my handy online dictionary. Check this out: Slap Happy is defined as odd random behavior
They Tend to Walk Before They Run
When my kids were small bedtime was often the most trying time of the day, due in part to the fact that they were less than two years apart. I’d start early getting them bathed and fed and then Phil would rock one while I tried to put the other one down. If it took longer than say, ten minutes, I’d come back to find
Sometimes You Don’t Know Until You Do
Hello folks, I hope each of you had a very Merry Christmas. We did! I'm so glad to see y'all by the porch today. I love this in between week, nestled after the big to-do and before the new year dawns. It's a great time for quiet and reflection. Of course, it's worth reminding ourselves that we have to make time for that. It won't
Vance H. Havner
He was born in western North Carolina in a place called Jugtown on October 18th, 1901. He grew up with a wide variety of educational opportunities from his early days at the Hog Hill schoolhouse to his college years at Catawba College, Wake Forest University, and the Moody Bible Institute. He also benefited from the overnight visits of circuit riding preachers who stayed at his