Category: Editorials

My fingers dug into the silty soil. Desperate, my eyes darted in every direction, hoping to see through the murky water. Out of air I resurfaced and dove again. It had only…

It’s funny that sometimes something small will happen at just the right time, when you least expect it, but when you need it the most, that lifts your spirit and helps you…

“Daddy! Frank and Yella Dog caught something black. Hurry. Get out here, quick!” my oldest excitedly instructed. Next thing I know I hear David out there yelling, “Get back inside Carter and…

Each year, there are a select few politicians that try to change the way public notices are handled, throughout the State of Florida. As it now stands, by law, every municipality is…

I promise you, I am really trying hard to keep my promise to you. It gets very difficult, but I am giving it a sincere effort to keep most of our visits…

Some things are always supposed to be open invitations to stop by, play cards and eat supper. Fishing trips on the Little River in Papa’s john boat. Homemade ice cream churning on…

Rarely do I write about politics or news events, but this week, my heart is burdened over the recent investigation into the life of a well-known Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias. For decades,…

Over the past several months, I have had the occasion to make the drive along U.S. Hwy 90 between Madison and Monticello. That stretch of road takes me past the big white…

What a tragic loss our community has suffered this weekend. My heart is heavy, and it aches for all involved and connected. Every time we lose a younger person, I wonder why….

This past weekend my heart broke into a million pieces, for a sweet, loving, and caring young lady and her unborn son, who died in a car wreck. Nicole Blair Surles was…

There have been many nights where I stared into the darkness of my room, trying fruitlessly to fall asleep. Unfortunately, there’s nothing entertaining keeping me awake – just my mind and my…

Since last spring, life has felt like it was missing something. I think it has something to do with the way baseball and softball was so rudely interrupted, thanks to that virus…

This week’s visit has nothing to do with the lovely song from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music,” although it is one of my favorite songs from the musical….

King Ahab and his Queen, Jezebel, were infamous for so many terrible actions. This week, I was reminded of one of those. It was when Ahab looked out of his palace and…

Judgment Day – it will happen, one day, for each and every one of us. The question each one of us needs to ask ourselves is, “What will be written in MY…

I was four years old when I met her for the first time — my now step mama, who I simply call “mama.” I’m here today to tell everyone that Disney was…

I generally am not one to boast about my Christmas gifts; or rather not since I’ve become an adult. I know that last statement could elicit more than just a little bit…

Sometimes it seems that Jeff Foxworthy should look into my life to get some new material. I mean, seriously, if you have to jiggle the handle every time you flush, you might…

Thursday, Jan. 21, will be the 26th birthday of my daughter, Brooke! Brooke is my second child, being born two years after Cheltsie. I think the second child seems to grow up…

By now, everyone around Madison should know the story behind the iconic statue located in Four Freedoms Park. This notion of the four freedoms stems from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Jan. 6, 1941,…