Steadfast Love
Here is the thing about love. It’s really of no value unless it is received. And it can’t be received well if you put all sorts of qualifications and expectations on it. Continuing my journey of learning about steadfast love […]
Here is the thing about love. It’s really of no value unless it is received. And it can’t be received well if you put all sorts of qualifications and expectations on it. Continuing my journey of learning about steadfast love […]
We joked a while about how each generation is so different from the next and then she sobered and said something I am still thinking about. She said, “You know what my biggest fears for them are? Isolation and Individualization. Through social media and the ability to customize everything in their life to be as they prefer it, from the individualized music channel to the movies and TV streaming on demand, etc. they are spoon fed the ability to ‘have it their way’ all the time.
Life lessons…they just go on and on. They are never ending. The trick is actually learning something so that you don’t have to repeat every lesson. Truth be told, I can’t count the number of lessons I do over. In […]
It is time to “just start” processing out loud the life lessons from my brother’s death. Death is something everyone experiences. Let’s learn together. Real life works when people talk with one another.
Grief is a part of life. Grief has no time limits. Grief can make life richer. I am thankful for grief.
Recently I was asked to share a bit about being a Mom at a baby shower. The shower gave me a reason to stop and think what I wish I had known and would want the young women in my family to know as they are or may become Moms. (Bonus point: This applies to Dads too as well as life in general.)
No, when I woke up this morning the world was not all at peace, with people talking civilly to one another but you know what? I took a step in that direction. Will you take one step? I believe real change will only happen one step at a time.
Three weeks ago, the love of my life got down on one knee and asked to me marry him, and since then, as one can imagine, life has truly been quite the whirlwind. In all honesty, the answer had always […]
“Count your blessings, name them one by one, Count your blessings, see what God has done! Count your blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.” #BobierBlessings Every year since I can […]
We hugged, decided we would have mansions next door to each other in heaven, and she went on her way, more sure for God’s provision for her… than I am for me.