The Christian Home Place

Generally Speaking…

My favorite hobbies are playing the piano, singing, reading, crocheting, and baking bread, but my favorite way to spend the day is taking time with my husband and little girls.  I feel that God has truly blessed me with a wonderful family and I want to take advantage of each moment I have with them.

I was born with glaucoma, cataracts and scar tissue.  I had enough vision in my left eye to read with a device called a CCTV until I was about seven years old.  I was taught to read Braille at an early age and learned to type by the time I was eight.  By the time I had graduated from High School, I could only see black and white and a few brighter colors.  I lost the remainder of my vision not long after I was married in 2000.

In 1998 I went to The Seeing Eye and received my first and only guide dog.  We  worked very well together for eight years. He was not only a wonderful companion, but he led me through thick and thin.  I had to retire him in August 2006 due to many reasons, but I wouldn’t trade one moment with him.  Sadly, In February 2007, George, the best dog ever past away, suddenly, but I will always remember the wonderful times we had together.  If you or someone you know would like to know more about The Seeing Eye, I have posted a link to their website on my “sites of interest” page.

My Walk with the Lord

My mom took me to church for the first time when I was only three days old, and I have been going pretty much ever since.  I use to stand right next to my grandmother during the congregational singing, and from her, learned to sing alto.  Mom bought me my first keyboard when I was just a small child, and purchased a used piano when I was thirteen.  I took a handful of lessons, but mostly taught myself to play.

 One year, 1992 to be exact, I attended a church camp, Camp Whitney in Clendenin, WV, where I asked Jesus in to my heart.  He forgave my sins, cleaned me up on the inside, and filled me with his Holy Spirit.  Since then, I have never been the same.  God has taught me many things over the years, and one of the most important lesson has been and still is that I have a lot more to learn.  To quote the children’s song, “He’s still working on me to make me what I ought to be.  It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars, the sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars.  How loving and patient he must be; he’s still working on me.”