by Diane W. Bailey | Aug 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Our Children know that it is a special day when I make Gumbo. It usually takes about 2 days to make, so I only do it on special occasions. Day 1 is Chop and Stock day. I chop up all the ingredients and begin making the stock that the Gumbo is built...
by Diane W. Bailey | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Days have gone into months, and now into years since if first began writing about those dark days. Looking back it seems like I am telling you about a movie I have seen. “Did I really survive that?”, I ask myself. It seems to hard to believe....
by Diane W. Bailey | Aug 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
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by Diane W. Bailey | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I would like you to meet a friend of mine, her name is Kimberly Smith. Kimberly has been a missionary to Sudan and Congo while a civil war rages around her and the orphans she cares for and protects. She and her husband Milton head up Make Way Partners....
by Diane W. Bailey | Jun 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nathan pushed Nonna into the ditch. Within moments, she heard Nathan’s mother scream his name, then Nathan’s small, lifeless body fell on top of Nonna, still holding the bread she had given him earlier. Covered in mud and Nathan’s blood,...
by Diane W. Bailey | May 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
This morning Joseph and I were riding in the car listening to public radio. The Battle Hymn of the Republic was playing and I was taken back in time to Jr. High and our Glee Club. Each year we would have a concert of all the songs we had learn that year...