Hanging by a Thread

by | Jul 1, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

During the month of April some students at school were selling “wish bracelets” as a fundraiser for Austin King.  Austin is a very courageous Pierce County High School student who has been battling cancer for the past several months. A “wish...

The Holton

by | Jun 15, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

Summer break is here, and I recently spent a few days at the beach with my family. Every time I go to the beach, I think about all the vacations we have taken there with our boys as they were growing up. In the last several years, our beach vacations have been in...

Jumping Hurdles

by | May 18, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

I have a hidden talent, and you probably do too. I’m great at jumping hurdles. Now, I know what you are thinking. Hurdles?…really?  I’m not talking about the Olympic track and field kind of hurdle or the obvious, tall, “better raise that back...

Quicksand

by | May 4, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

I have always been fearful of stumbling upon a hidden bed of quicksand. I know, I know. You don’t hear a lot of stories about people in the South sinking in quicksand very often. And, yes, I did grow up in the South. I really don’t know how this unfounded...

Connecting Dots

by | Apr 21, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

Do you ever think of life as a puzzle?  I know I sometimes do. Like one of those puzzles where you have to connect the dots to be able to see the picture clearly. When I was a kid, I liked to complete dot to dot puzzles. I especially liked the puzzles that had all the...

Real Strength

by | Apr 2, 2013 | Kim's Blogs

I have heard some amazing stories of supernatural strength. Stories of regular people caught in tragic situations when they, all of a sudden, had a rush of supernatural strength that allowed them to do some unbelievable things. Things like  lifting an automobile when...