I would like to start by dedicating my blog to my dearly departed grandmother Amanda McDaniel Major. Her spirit of calm helped me to identify where peace truly lives. Her love for God gave me the foundation this blog now stands on. Realizing a child is only truly excited about reading once in their lives, she capitalized on it.

In the rainy season in Florida there are thunderstorms that made her reverence the God she served. In the still of her home, by the light of the screened door she would ask me to read to her. Her book of choice was her bible, which I gratefully have to this day.

Over the years, her first love has become mine. Her love for God so eloquently displayed through her actions that I’ve never doubted His existence. Her belief in the God of all things is now my belief. Thank you grandma (Mamma Manda to many) for giving me the one thing you knew I would need most in this life!