It was a grand adventure. For a young mom with two preschoolers and an infant, taking Daddy to the airport was a HUGE deal. It didn’t happen very often, and the excitement […]
Feeling Lost
Chasing a Shadow
Shadows can be scary. When you think of what people fear the most–death, it is as though there is this looming shadow that follows us around until one day it catches up to […]
Looking for a Sign?
I have often hinted that it would be really convenient if God would just give me “a sign”. You know, like write in the clouds or have a pigeon drop a note […]
Friends of a Different Sort
I have two beautiful friends that just won’t go away. No matter how hard I try. They just won’t spread their wings and fly. They come back to me over and over […]
The Road Less Travelled
This is the journey you never wanted to take. The road less travelled. Or so you thought. Many have gone before and many will follow after. But that doesn’t make it any […]
Cultivating Joy
It’s an easy pattern to fall into. Letting circumstances dictate our joy. And the soil of circumstance can be pretty darn rocky. So we plant the seeds. We plan our days, our […]
Surviving Sports
Okay, Okay. I know that it is Super Bowl Sunday, and you are not going to read this because you think that I am a woman that doesn’t like sports and that […]
You Can’t Do Anything
I don’t blame my parents, or even genetics for giving me a low self-esteem. We live in a pass-the-buck society, where it seems we all too often blame any negative character traits or misfortune […]
The Gift of Receiving
This is a confession. I don’t receive well. The curse of an insecure introvert, my sweet husband has been frustrated by this—perhaps more than anything else in our marriage. (Don’t ask him, […]
Unpacking Christmas
December is here, Christmas is coming, and it’s time to pull out all of those Rubbermaids filled with red and green and silver and gold. If you are an early shopper like […]
Sunday Morning Musing
When the answer to the question that I am pondering is still out of reach, how many times I have said, “If only God would write it in the sky.” And I […]
The Face of Fear
We all experience it. Fear is no stranger to this generation of terror. The face has changed, but the heart of this evil remains the same. There will always be people who […]
Carpe Diem, America
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was […]
Inevitable Inevitability
The clock keeps ticking. The sun comes up. The alarm goes off. And I’m getting older. It is an inevitable inevitability. And the alternative–well, it’s already decided. I know where I’ve been […]
The Elephant in the Room
Sometimes we verbalize it. Other times we only think it. But often it is there. “Why” “Why did this happen?” “Why did this have to happen TO ME?” “Why can’t I….” “Why […]
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