2019. It wore us out mentally, physically, emotionally. Amidst downsizing and learning how to operate in less we walked through unimaginable grief and loss. We grew and experienced all the pains that come with growth. I want to say this year was our best yet but it wasn’t, and I
I’m a Christian and I am hypocritical. Nothing has highlighted that more than Kanye West’s recent album. I have never been a Kanye fan, I thought the whole Yeezus thing was ridiculous so when I heard about his new found Christianity I IMMEDIATELY judged it as hype. Then, my husband
A few years ago I had taken our truck to the dealership to get the oil changed. While waiting an employee offered our three year old a HUGE helium filled balloon which she gladly accepted She played with it as we waited and I was hoping we could leave it
Motherhood is hard. Mary, the mother of Jesus, the one that God entrusted to raise the SAVIOR of the world, LOST HIM FOR THREE DAYS. If social media had existed back then, her mess up would have been one of the most debated topics on Facebook, dividing sides and splitting
It was a beautiful day and I ended up at the park with our youngest daughter. She ran to the swings and triumphantly jumped onto the empty seat. As she got going, after a push from me, she would pump her legs then stick them straight out, using the muscles
“You stupid, stupid, stupid toe!” I said angrily under my breath as I began to limp to a large rock on the side of the trail where I was running. Sitting down, I quietly cursed my foot, actually my toe, that stupid toe, that I broke three weeks earlier. It’s
I met Val in May of 1997 and I knew we would be fast friends, not just because she was my future sister-in-law, but because her sharp whit and sarcastic humor was my love language. At first impression you might think that she was maybe stand-offish but really she was
