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Longhorns, Fighting Irish, and an Unexpected Friendship
September 21, 1996. That’s how far back I have to go to tell this story. And it seems appropriate that I tell it this week, as the...
Aug 31, 2016


The Color Craze
The story begins on a holiday. I’m fairly certain the holiday was Thanksgiving, and the reason should become clear later in the story....
Mar 14, 2016


How do the Faithful Pack a Lunch?
For many years, I made lunches for our daughter, Shannon, to take to school. As a vegetarian, she sometimes had few options provided in...
Jan 20, 2016


You Know Where to Find Me
Having spent one week sick in bed, and another week in Santa Fe at the hospital with my husband, Steve, I wanted to have some special...
Aug 6, 2015


How to get an Acura MDX to Santa Fe…..Have Faith.
July 2015…a tough month for the Sweeneys, ending with Steve as a passenger on a careflight ride from Raton, NM to Santa Fe. He had been...
Jul 30, 2015


You’ve Heard of Comic Con….Is there a God Con?
If you have access to the internet, or if you are active on social media, you could hardly miss last week’s reporting from San Diego, the...
Jul 15, 2015


Stolen Treasures
Jack’s bike was stolen this weekend. As I’ve mentioned in the past, we live on a creek in Richardson, Texas. The creek is separated...
Jun 10, 2015


A Community of Faith
At church this morning (Arapaho United Methodist), we welcomed a new member into Christ’s church. The little boy, a little more than a...
Mar 16, 2014


In the Chill of the Night
We’ve been dealing with some pretty icy and cold conditions in Dallas this last week. I can feel the laughter from my school friends in...
Dec 9, 2013


The Story of Sweeney’s on the Creek
We live on a creek, in Texas. Some people just assume that the moniker, “Sweeney’s on the Creek,” derives from that location (and it...
Nov 8, 2013


The Promise
Yesterday, we celebrated Jack’s 12th birthday. Today we bury Steve’s grandmother. May we always remember that life is a blessing, a...
Oct 3, 2012


Circle of Life
I was doing fine, really. That is – I was doing fine, despite an emotional and exhausting work week, one which resulted in our team...
Aug 19, 2012
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