Choosing faith over fear in the everyday...
The door swung open to my right as the lukewarm water splashed over my hands in the sink. "Excuse me." Said the woman pushing her way through the bathroom door. "Oh, I'm sorry." The words spilled out of my mouth before I even realized what I was saying. As I finished drying my hands, the elderly woman closing the ... read more
How do you know it will be okay? The scene is epic, an edge-of-your-seat thriller...for a 5-year-old. Let me paint the picture for you if you've never seen Finding Nemo. (Or possibly only once and not 100 times like I have with my kids.) Dory and Marlin are in the mouth of a whale, after Dory spoke a little ... read more
Do you know the one place in your life where you are irreplaceable? If you're a stay-at-home mom like I am, you, no doubt, have been asked the question, "Where do you work?" Here begins the awkward dance. And in the defense of the questioner, I'm pretty sure I'm the one startin' the two-step. "I'm a stay-at-home mom," ... read more
She would've been 92 today. 92... Had she not passed away nearly 8 years ago. I remember her lying helpless in her hospital bed, appearing tiny and shrunken under the scratchy blanket. Having suffered a stroke a few days earlier, by the time we came to the hospital she was fading fast. We were told there was nothing ... read more
What do you do when fear is the loudest voice you hear? Have you ever thought about how loud fear is, how paralyzing its shrieks can be? Well, I am well acquainted with fear and it’s close friend, anxiety. As I look back over most of my life these two have been my constant companions. When control was out of my reach, ... read more
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