I’ve been there, maybe you have been too. You know you need to do something like change jobs or say something about an injustice or maybe you need to stop doing something but as soon as you voice it those […]
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 […]
I woke up this morning feeling empty and dissatisfied. All I could think about is what I lacked. The thoughts tumbled and taunted and I couldn’t escape them. So I did the only thing I knew to do to find […]
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.)
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 […]
Toddlers love repetition. I am learning this first hand, especially with movie preferences. If you’d like, you can schedule me to perform a complete one-woman show of Finding Nemo, because I have the ENTIRE thing memorized. The latest craze is […]
“That’s ok,” she says, “You can still put in on the shelf even though it doesn’t work, it’s beautiful.”
In these past two weeks, my whole family has cycled through a vicious flu bug. Bethia (one of my two-year-old twins) was sick first. She threw up 6 times in 5 hours last Tuesday, and at 2 years old, wasn’t […]
I believe that there is a gap in many of our lives that we have not done a good job of “minding.” I know for me it is the gap between believing what I know is true (God is good and trustworthy) and living out my life as though that good, trustworthy God wants to use me and work through me.
