daughters | Lanita Boyd

Meet My Dad

June 26, 2018 by Lanita Boyd

Sunday was my father’s birthday. Born in 1921, he would have been 97. His brother died at age 99, his sister at 96, both parents in their nineties. It seems unfair that he died in 1984 at age 62. But “life is not fair” is a mantra my children heard often. Things happen. Heart disease … [Read more…]

Miracle Missionary

November 18, 2012 by Lanita Boyd

I look across the sanctuary and see my daughter with her son and husband, worshiping with us. This is a miraculous thing to me—a surprise gift from God that I never even considered might happen. My husband and I never lived near our parents; we assumed our children would move away, too. And she did, … [Read more…]