Oh, hello there friends! I know I have been absent on here for the past month, and I’ve missed you. It’s been a crazy few weeks in our family, how about yours? Now that I’m at the end of September, I can’t believe what a haze I’ve been in since August ended. Ha! Honestly, I […]
How to not Fail When a Relationship Does
One of life’s questions that plagued me for a long time is, “How can God be honored after a failed relationship?” I’m not referring to the relationships that are blatantly bad or unhealthy.What I find myself agonizing over are the relationships I’ve lost a few painful times in my life that I believe made one […]
My Spring Bouquet
I’ve been looking forward to this day, March 20, for a long time. Welcome first day of spring! I believe you to be the most under-celebrated day because you symbolize so much that we all live for – hope, new beginnings, warmth, and refreshment. Yet I think I like that it hasn’t become commercialized and […]
What I Accomplished in January
Did you catch my post last week explaining my “Because of Grace List”? If not, please take a second to read it so you understand the purpose of this post. In short, I issued a challenge to take some time at the end of each month to focus on what I did accomplish rather than […]
A Reflection on What I Learned about Identity
Last December, I chose one word as my theme for the coming year. Identify Of course, the vision I had for that word going into the year turned out different than how it looks in reflection. Going into the year, I had a neat little outline of how I was going to make it meaningful. […]
What Are You Made of?
There comes a time in everyone’s life where we are given the chance to see what we’re really made of. Those situations that you hear about people going through and think, “I couldn’t possibly handle those circumstances if I found myself in them” become the very circumstances you find yourself faced with. I could list […]
When I Broke my Picture of Grace
I broke the first piece of art I’ve ever been proud of within a week of bringing it home. I went to spend time with some of my friends at one of those cute pottery painting places last month, and walked away from our session really excited about the outcome of my little masterpiece. It […]
The Joy of the LORD is my Strength
I was 21 years old and dwelling in the midst of black squirrels and fiddle heads when Nehemiah 8:10 first came alive to me. Three summer months in the midst of Huron National Forest as a counselor at Camp Barakel sparked a change in my relationship with God. That summer I learned what it meant […]