Luquette Lane
Inspirations
Web Page Last Updated 01 January 2008
A Retreat Into Reality
In early October 2001, I was privileged to make a pilgrimage to Haiti. Please click here to learn more about my trip and to learn just how destitute some people can be.
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1 Corinthians 13 for
Christmas
19 January 2003
21
Things To Remember
31 October 2003
21st
Century Teacher
3 July 2003
A
Beautiful Story
23 October 1998
A
Brother's Miracle
10 July 2001
A Cajun's
Prayer
14 June 2000
A Child Of
Mine
17 July 1999
A Child's
Prayer
3 August 1999
A Christmas Story
10 January 1999
A Cowboy's
Prayer
19 September 1998
Updated 7 June 1999
A Daily
Prayer
29 October 1998
Deck Of Cards
17 January 2000
A Dog's
Prayer
24 June 2000
A Driver's
Prayer
17 July 1999
A Friend
19 September 1998
A Gentle
Thunder
9 January 1999
A Gift of
Love
10 April 1999
A Glass Of
Milk
10 July 2001
A House
Blessing
3 August 1999
A Lonely Dog
23 March 1999
A
Marriage Blessing
28 July 1999
A Nurse's
Prayer
31 July 1999
A
Physician's Prayer
27 July 1999
A
Prayer For Children
30 July 1999
A Prayer For Growing Old Gracefully
25 November 1999
A
Prayer For Our Times
10 September 2001
A Prayer For Our Young People
31 July 1999
A
Prayer For Renewal
27 July 1999
A Prayer For Those Growing Old
A Prayer For Those Who Live Alone
27 July 1999
A Purpose
29 April 2003
A Red Marble
23July 2002
A
Savior Meditation
27 July 1999
A Senate
Prayer
6 April 1999
A
Single Parent's Prayer
27 July 1999
A Soldier's
Job
23 March 1999
A
Student's Prayer
30 July 1999
A Texas Blessing
29 August 2004
A
Thought For Today
28 July 1999
A Visit From The Christ
Child
"A Visit From St. Nicholas" Revised
20 October 2002
Almighty God Calling
10 July 2001
America's Unsung Heroes
26 May 2001
An
Everyday Survival Kit
15 May 1999
An
Interview With God
9 July 1999
And God Said
"No"
Updated 26 May 2001
Angels On
Earth
30 January 2000
Angels Online
31 October 2003
Angels Standing Watch
29 April 2003
ASAP
21 March 2003
Attitude Determines Attitude
23 September 1998
Attitude Is Everything
23 September 1998
Be Thankful
29 April 2003
Be Thankful For The Thorns
10 July 2001
Before I
Was A Mom
26 May 2001
Revised 14 March 2004
Bless This Little Child, Lord
25 November 1999
But Love
31 October 2003
Children Learn What They Live
29 July 1999
Updated 26 May 2001
Children's Letters to God
22 July 2001
Clean Blood
2 November 1998
Count
20 January 1999
Count
Your Blessings
20 January 1999
Daddy's Day
15 July 2002
Dance Like Nobody's Watching
26 May 2001
Dear God
3 July 2003
Death
of an Innocent
23 September 1998
Deck Of Cards
17 January 2000
Updated 30 August 2004
Desiderata
Copyright Information Updated
5 May 2005
Devil's
Beatitudes
28 April 2003
Did
Jesus Use A Modem?
30 June 2003
Did You Do Anything Today?
31 December 1998
Directions to Our Father's House
3 July 2003
Don't Go To
Bed...
31 October 2003
Don't Quit
Updated 15 July 2002
Drinking From My Saucer
18 January 1999
Drop A Pebble In The Water
29 October 1998
Duty,
Honor, Country
26 May 2001
Eight Gifts That Don't Cost Anything
21 May 1999
Enjoy Your
Life
30 January 2000
Erma On
Mothers
1 May 1999
Eternal Ink
9 April 1999
Evangelium
Vitae
27 October 1998
Father Mychal's Prayer
1 September 2004
Flowers
27 August 2002
Footprints
Authorship info updated & words corrected 13 January 2005
Footprints -- A New Version
13July 2002
For All
The Mothers
12 May 1999
For My
Friends
29 April 2003
For The
Children
24 September 1998
Friends
22 September 1998
Friends Are Like Angels
23 September 1998
Friendship
1 August 1999
God,
Are You For Real?
21 November 1998
God Will
Never
30 June 2003
God Won't Ask
27 March 1999
Good Advice
10 July 2001
Good
Morning God
9 July 1999
Gossip
8 July 2000
Great
Thoughts
29 April 2003
He
Maketh No Mistake
23 March 1999
Healing Prayer At Bedtime
27 July 1999
Heart for
Children
a/k/a Priorities
5 March 1999
Heavenly
Creatures
30 January 1999
Hello God
19 January 2003
Her
Baby's Tiny Hands
30 January 1999
Her
Little Shadows
31 October 1998
Holy Alphabet
15 January 2005
House
Blessing
28 January 1999
How Poor Are
We?
17 July 1999
How To Be
Happy
21 January 1999
Hugging Is Practically Perfect
25 November 1999
I Am
Thankful...
10 July 2001
I
Can't Believe We Made It
1 August 2003
I Have A
Dream
17 January 2000
I Have
Learned
5 March 1999
I Have
Learned (2)
24 June 2000
I Refuse To Be Discouraged
29 April 2003
I Said A Prayer For You Today
27 September 1998
I See Jesus
1 May 1999
I Wish
You Enough
10 July 2001
I Wonder
24 September 1998
If I Could Catch A Rainbow
11 April 1999
Updated 8 July 2000
If I Had My Child To Raise
All Over Again
1 May 1999
If I Had My Life To Live Over
28 January 1999
If You Can
11 April 1999
If You Think...
28 January 1999
I'm Not Here
19 September 1998
In
Appreciation
1 August 1999
In The
Stairwell
27 August 2002
In Time Of
Loss
27 July 1999
Instructions for Life
31 December 1998
Irish Blessings, Toasts, Prayers, Proverbs, &
Puns
Last Updated 14 March 2004
Is It Full?
10 July 2001
It
Couldn't Be Done
29 October 1998
It's
Never Too Late
26 May 2001
It's Up To
You
23 September 1998
I've
Wondered, Lord
6 March 1999
Jeremy's Egg
10 April 1999
Jesus, Help
Me
28 July 1999
Jesus In
My Heart
26 May 2001
Just For Today For Bereaved Parents
8 August 2000
Just Suppose
24 June 2000
Keep The Fork
21 May 1999
Kids
Who Are Different
23 September 1999
Learning
Christ
27 July 1999
Learnings
23 September 1998
Life Speed
23 September 1998
Life's Tug
Of War
23 September 1998
Like A
Pumpkin
10 July 2001
Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black ?
17 March 1999
Updated 27 February 2002
Love Is...
30 July 1999
Lunch with
God
10 March 2004
Making the Most of Life
31 October 2003
Mary
Had a Little Lamb
31 October 2003
Mary's Dream
6 December 1998
Meet
Me In The Stairwell
NOTE: The correct title is "In The Stairwell"
27 August 2002
Mother
3 August 1999
My Daily
Prayer
27 July 1999
My
Life Is But A Weaving
28 July 1999
My Name Is I
Am
Updated 26 May 2001
My Pledge
To You
See "Ode to a Friend"
10 July 2001
My Quilt
28July 2002
My Special
List
31 October 2003
Natural Highs
20 July 1999
Night Before Christmas 2001
9 December 2001
No More Oatmeal Kisses
Formerly listed as "Wet Oatmeal Kisses"
30 January 2000
Updated 20 May 2007
Noah
9 March 1999
North Americans
29 August 2004
Ode To A
Friend
Formerly listed as "My Pledge To You"
10 July 2001
Updated 15 July 2003
On Money
23 March 1999
Once There Was A Little Boy
30 June 2003
One
A Tribute To America, 11 September 2001
27 August 2002
Only A Dad
20 August 2002
Optimism
14 March 1999
Others
14 June 2000
Author Information Updated 31 August 2004
Our
Greatest Wealth
2 9 April 2003
Our Home
26 May 2001
Parents'
Prayer
31 July 1999
Plant A Special Garden
22 September 1998
Practice What You Preach
29 April 2003
Pray
25 November 1999
Prayer For
Life
25 November 1999
Prayer For The Helpless Unborn
3 August 1999
Prayer For Those In The Service
3 August 1999
Prayer For
Today
23 October 1998
Prayer In Time Of Loneliness
27 July 1999
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Prayers Can't Be Answered Unless They Are Prayed
21July 2002
Priorities
a/k/a Heart for Children
5 March 1999
Proper Attire
29 August 2004
P.U.S.H.
27 August 2002
Quotes
Last Updated 1 August 2002
Recall Notice
13July 2002
Rules For A Happy Marriage
29 July 1999
Santa's
Secret Wish
14 December 1998
Satan's
Meeting
27 August 2002
Saying Grace
26 May 2001
Sayings
31 October 2003
Seven Wonders of the World
2 8 April 2003
She Smiled
23 September 1998
SHMILY
9 April 1999
Updated 6 February 2000
Simple Friends -- Real Friends
6 April 1999
Smile
19 January 2000
Somebody's Mother
31 March 2007
Someone
Does Care
21 January 1999
Special
Delivery
10 July 2001
Splinters From The Cross
3 August 1999
Start
With Yourself
23 October 1998
Steadfast
Heart
1 May 1999
Steve's
Push Ups
19 January 2003
Strength and Courage
3 July 2003
Take Time
21 September 1998
Revised 29 July 1999
Taps
10 July 2001
Revised 13 June 2007
Teach
The Children
19 January 2003
Teacher's
Prayer
28 July 1999
Ten Commandments For A Mother-In-Law
24 July 2000
Ten Commandments For Highway Safety
28 July 1999
Ten Commandments For Parents and In-Laws
24 July 2000
Ten Commandments For School Children
28 July 1999
Ten Commandments For
Stress Reduction
29 April 2003
Ten Commandments For Teenagers
28 July 1999
Ten Rules Kids Won't Learn In School
3 July 2000
Thank You,
Lord
17 July 1999
The 7 Ups
27 August 2002
The
American Flag
17 July 1999
The Answer To My Prayers
6 March 1999
The Best
Angel
26 May 2001
The
Bible In 50 Words
13 March 1999
The Bird Cage
15 August 2001
The Birdies
22 September 1998
Updated 17 May 1999
The Blackness
15 July 2002
The Chair
6 April 1999
The Cocoon
2 April 1999
The Coolest Dad In The Universe
22 June 2001
The Cracked
Pot
7 March 1999
The
Creation Of Woman
23 September 1998
The Cross
Room
25 November 1999
The Dash
24 October 1998
Updated 20 January 2005
The Death Of Common Sense
27 August 2002
The Difference Between Strength and Courage
6 March 1999
The Doll And A White Rose
7 March 1999
The
Father's Son
23 September 1998
The Fence
14 July 1999
The Fog
13July 2002
The
Girl I Used To Be
19 January 2003
The Golden
Rule
18 July 2000
The Gospel According To You
27 October 1998
The
Greatest Gift
28 July 1999
The Handwriting On The Wall
17 July 1999
The
Homeless Man
21 May 1999
The Hug
2 8 April 2003
The I
Can't Funeral
20 January 1999
The Lady
A Tribute To The Statue of Liberty, 11 September 2001
27 August 2002
The Letter (#2)
10 January 1999
The
Man In The Glass
1 August 1999
The Miracle Of Friendship
28 July 1999
The Most Important Person On Earth
28 July 1999
The
Optimistic Frog
10 September 2001
The Penny
20 August 2002
The
Power Of Prayer
3 August 1999
The
Price Of A Child
10 September 2001
The Room
7 March 1999
The
Sculptor's Attitude
31 October 2003
The Second Ten Commandments
19 January 2000
The Starfish
23 September 1998
The Things We Leave Behind
30 September 2002
The Three
Trees
2 April 1999
The Treasure
22 June 2003
The Trouble
Tree
17 July 1999
The Twenty-Third Psalm, An Indian Version
23 September 1998
The Window
6 March 1999
The Wooden
Bowl
21 September 2001
Then Laugh
14 June 2000
Things
I've Learned
30 January 2000
Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare
29 October 1998
Thinking
30 June 2003
Thoughts of an Unborn Fetus
10 January 2000
To Our Lady
27 July 1999
To
Whom It May Concern
31 December 1998
Today I
Smiled
23 September 1998
Together
Once Again
25 November 1999
Tomorrow
30 October 1998
Traveling On Your Knees
2 8 April 2003
Treasures
31 October 2003
Turning
Thirty
31 October 2003
Twelve Days of Christmas
27 August 2002
Two
Babes In A Manger
7 January 1999
Two Boxes
12 January 1999
Unfolding The Rosebud
18 July 2000
Walk With Me
22 June 2001
We Are Family
21 September 1998
We Reap
What We Sow
27 August 2002
Wet
Oatmeal Kisses
See "No More Oatmeal Kisses"
30 January 2000
Updated 20 May 2007
What A Difference A Day Makes
25 September 2001
What House Do You Live In?
9 September 2001
What I Need
29 July 1999
What If
22 September 1998
What We
Give Away
24 March 1999
What's
Your Score?
13July 2002
When Aging Reality Sets In
30 June 2003
When
The World Forgets
20 January 1999
Where God Ain't
29 August 2004
Which One
Are You?
27 August 2002
Whose Job Is
I t?
14 March 1999
Why Am I Black?
NOTE: Correct title is Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black?
17 March 1999
Updated 27 February 2002
Why Jesus Is Better Than Santa
6 March 1999
Why Women Cry
24 June 2000
Yes,
Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
4 December 1999
You
Hear Me When I Call
10 April 1999
You Took
My Place
22 June 2003
Your Cross
10 September 2001
Your Name
21 January 1999
You've Got To Be Taught
10 September 2001
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Thank you.
