I remember when your heart thought it couldn’t go on. How you cried to me in the night when there was no one there but Me. How you were so broken and your pain was so great and you thought you might break right in two. I remember the circumstances of your failure. How you […]
When You Wonder if You’ll Still Belong — When the Truth is Finally Told
It is five years after I remarry when I finally begin to make friends–when I start new. Because after the affair and the divorce and the loss of all I know, I have no other choice but to start again. We attend couple’s bible study every Tuesday for three years with the same five couples, […]
When God Gives Suffering :: {How to Suffer Well}
I started a new exercise program last week. It’s called Insanity and now I know why … it is insane! I’m sore in places I never knew existed, which serves me right since I’ve pretty much been taking an “exercise vacation” since running my half-marathon last October. Yes, it’s true. Me and exercise … we […]
When You Need to Know YOU Are Free
Happy fourth of July! A family day with parties, barbecues, and parades. Where music plays, children clap, and people dress in red, white, and blue as far as the eyes can see. I’m over at Hope for the Weary Mom, writing a letter of hope and freedom to weary mamas this 4th of July. On […]
When You Need to Believe God Has an Amazing Plan
God rolled out a last-minute live-it-up plan last Tuesday. And I’m not sure what the affinity is to Tuesday lately, but it seems like the last two Tuesdays have become His get-ready-and-just-watch-what-I’m-gonna-do days. Because God’s just like that–He loves to blow us away with who He is and how He loves. I took the kids […]
Because the In-Between Makes Life Possible
I am learning it’s the in-between that makes life possible. As a registered nurse, I’m required to obtain continuing education credits every year to maintain my licensure. And as a labor and delivery RN, one of those classes is called Advanced Fetal Monitoring. Because in labor, I have two patients: the mom and the baby. […]
Five Reasons to Tell Your Story {Allume}
For the past two years I’ve attended an amazing conference for bloggers called The Allume Conference. As I’ve met amazing friends online, it is this conference that’s like a gigantic reunion–a place where we meet to reconnect, learn, and grow in our online ministry endeavor. And there is almost nothing more fun then getting to hug […]
When Surrender Seems Easier than Taking a Fall
The frisbees fall to the ground one after another as we make our way through the trees. Some fly right, others fly left, and it’s rare for them to go exactly on the intended path. We’re all together and it’s nice to get outside, and it’s even warmer than we thought it’d be when we […]
How to Understand Tragedy and Suffering
The morning is new, the breeze is cool, and the sun is climbing into the sky when our ship reaches the Maui shore. The blue ocean waves shimmer in the light and the rocking of the tender boat soothes our welcome to the quaint city of Lahaina. And as we get off the boat and […]
A Letter to You, For When You’re Weary
Dear weary mom, I see you. And I’ve been you. Weary, drooping, and exasperated, like week-old tulip petals trying to hang on. Fading and withering, more and more … until weak, and all used-up, and falling right down. I am you. And I know. I see the messes you face over and over again. The Cheerios appearing on the floor […]
