In July my family made their annual trek down south to see family, with one small detour to Gulf Shores. It’s roughly 18 hours down to Alabama (closer to 22 when you make it all the way to the Gulf) and we stop and visit family and friends as we go. Is it an ordeal?…
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“Know Better, Do Better” Except When I Don’t Want To: Words of Hope For People Like Me
Hey, Friends! I hope you had a blessed Christmas and New Year. I intended to write a post at the end of 2020, but for whatever reason (purely psychological) I just didn’t. So here we go: with two kids in school and two learning online, I write again. It feels nice to start with a…
God is Redeeming it All: Thanking God for the Broken Things
I live in a home of broken things. There are very few things of beauty or value that have crossed our threshold and not been chipped, shattered, or mangled in some way. The echo of my mother’s lament, this is why we can’t have nice things, reverberates in my head as I clean and prepare…
Fixing our Eyes: Why it is Critical for us to Seek God First
I am blogging from my phone. Cool, right? I mean, who wants to look like a professional writer tapping on her MacBook keyboard when she can look like an anti-social social media addict? After months of preparation, I finally got around to installing a new hard drive on my computer today. Super speedy, I would…
A Lesson in Trust: How God’s Handiwork Looks a Lot Like Connecting the Dots
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 107:1 A little over one year ago, I spoke at a women’s retreat. The topic: Strength in the Struggle. I had absolutely no idea what the next year would bring. What a blessing that was. My health is tanking fast….
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