Choosing faith over fear in the everyday...
Tears fall for a reason and they are your strength not weakness.-The boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Charlie Mackesy My dad passed away three years ago, the week before Christmas. He spent about a week and a half in the hospital due to the lung disease he was battling. We were weary from driving back and forth but ... read more
A few weeks ago, I had my hair cut—way too short. I can't blame my hair stylist. It was my fault. I showed up with about 50 different Pinterest pictures proving my indecisiveness and finally said, "Yeah, just cut it off." Why is it when our world feels off balance, or maybe things feel out of our control, that the solution ... read more
Have you ever heard the phrase, "Drinking from a firehose?" On the off chance you haven't, it means to be overwhelmed with information—to be inundated with an uncapped, unfiltered amount of information. I've been drinking from a firehose these past few weeks. I think many of us have been. And I'm not sure that it's ... read more
Working through my mid-morning writing session, feeling unfruitful and uninspired, I needed a bathroom break and a moment of clarity. As I rounded the corner out of the bathroom, stretching my hands high and bringing breath into my lungs, I saw it—mid-breath and mid-stretch: fingerprints, greasy, dirty fingerprints on my ... read more
I don't often share about my ongoing physical battles here. This pain that moved in three years ago and never wholly left is complicated and hard to discuss. I hesitate to share how chronic pain and digestive issues steal many of my days because fear easily outweighs words of hope. Pain persists day after day, hope ... read more
The team from Artza, who delivers a piece of the Holy land, has crafted another fantastic box just in time for the holidays. And they've given me the privilege to share it with you again, my reader! This newest assortment comes from the southern region of Isreal, the Negev. As I learned while opening this box, Negev means ... read more
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