by Valorie Quesenberry | May 19, 2014 | grit, perseverance, South, southerner
(a southern girl’s perspective)If there’s anything southerners are, it’s tenacious. Some might say stubborn, but we’ll leave that dispute to those who are so inclined. Give a southerner a cause, and she’ll stick with it to the bitter end. The...
by Valorie Quesenberry | May 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Some things are sacred in the south – sweet iced tea is one of them. You know how valuable something is by what people will sacrifice for it. I can only imagine how the King’s tea tax smote the heart of our Revolutionary forbears. Their devotion to...
by Valorie Quesenberry | May 6, 2014 | children, guilt, kids, motherhood, parenting, rest
I need to confess.Mother’s Day can make me depressed.Not because I dislike being a mother; I absolutely cherish it. Not because I have a bad mother; she was and is an outstanding one. Not because my husbands and kids neglect me; they certainly don’t. And not because I...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Apr 13, 2014 | holiness, marriage, submission
For too long, submission has been seen as a theme of “other” denominations. We of Wesleyan persuasion have had a lot of angst about jumping into the water. Maybe it’s because of our tradition in which women have had a greater part in church activity and administration...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Mar 12, 2014 | marriage, relationships
Heroes and TreasuresIt’s taken for granted, at least according to the common line of humor, that married couples are bored with each other. And some even go so far as to suggest that it is natural for them to be at odds with one another. It’s supposed to be funny that...
