Sometimes, when the house is quiet, if I concentrate really hard, I can still hear my Dad’s voice. I can recall how his voice sounded as he said some of his “famous” (not original) sayings. “You can’t hoot with the owls at night and soar with the eagles at dawn”, he’d say. “Better to have …
Autumn has finally arrived. The mornings are crisp and the nights are clear here in southwest Arkansas. The trees are getting bare, but a few crimson leaves still remain on the maple in our side yard. I look forward to cuddling up under the covers next to my sweetheart during the chilly nights. He is …
On July 28, 2004, I was just a kid. I was a 26 year old child, or so it seems to me now. Whenever a problem came into my life, I knew I had my heavenly Father to lean on, because I was a child of God. I had been a child of God for …
Terry and I are thrilled to announce the arrival of our sweet little boy, Matthew Ron Basham. He was born Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 12:05 PM. He weighed 8 lbs. 3oz. and was 20.5 inches long. Sorry it’s taken me a while to post! He’s five days old, and it’s been a long five …
My Dad is in Heaven. The day he left me was the day my world turned upside down. While I knew death would come to all of us at some point, I wasn’t ready for the shock, and the change, of losing someone so close to me. He was my “partner”. We enjoyed taking walks around …
Deut. 6:6-7 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. My mother …
It was a night I will never forget. My Dad had to go into heart surgery in Little Rock, Arkansas, and I was in Lawrence, Kansas. I couldn’t get there in time to see him before his operation, so I stayed home. I felt like the Lord was going to take him home that night, …
Four years ago today, my Dad and “partner”, Ron Courtney, went home to be with the Lord. I remember thinking after his death that the purpose for which he had lived his life was now a reality. It was no longer something he lived for, but something he had lived for. I remember seeing his …
My Dad is not here to read what I’m going to write about him. He went home to be with the Lord almost four years ago. I miss him just as much today as I ever have. I have heard many people use the phrase “only in Heaven will you know how much I love …
I had wanted to post something special in honor of my “partner”, my Dad, on his birthday or another special date. However, because I’m not sure as to what my blogging status will be on his birthday, July 2nd, I decided to go ahead with it now. As I was packing up, I came across …
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