Justa Lanie Garrett

Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans. - John Lennon

To be writing, to be creating, and to be connecting with you. A huge thank you to The Baytown Sun for allowin…

During the first week of homeschooling my daughter due to COVID-19, she found a deformed butterfly in our bac…

One crisis will make you forget about another. This past week, the arctic tundra visited Texas, and thanks to…

You always hear people say "children are resilient." And this is true. I've seen it. I'm experiencing it with…

Despite the fact that my daughter cries every time I mention the possibility of a shot, I do plan to have her…

From an early age, Erin Griffin knew getting a college education was in her future. Despite struggles, her dr…

The Jitterbug, a dance popular around the time World War II began, is what brought them together. Dancers par…

Having a loved one become a patient at the Texas Medical Center in Houston is stressful enough. While the car…

The past few years, Jeff Delmonico has been determined to earn his own income with the freedom and independen…

Life loves to surprise, and for native Baytonian Joana Green, becoming a mother for the third time was just t…

On December 30, 2018 Reverend Dr. Jim Gill preached his last sermon as pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in…

From the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to a family illness, Joyce Pennington was looking for an outlet to hel…

That's what I go by. While my author's byline begins with Justa, I've always gone by my middle name.