Sometimes, the trials of this world are just too much to know what to do with, but thankfully God always has a reassuring word to remind us that He is there, He has not forgotten us, and He is worth trusting. We all know someone who is hurting. It’s impossible to count the number of […]
Lessons Learned from Broken Batarangs & Bullies
We’ve recently entered the exciting world of superheroes in our home. I believe that this phase in a boy’s life is a turning point that indicates a new level of maturity. It’s much more than boys playing their own form of dress up. Superheroes help us deal with the tough issues in life. It brings […]
40 Random Facts About Me
1. I love dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is a sorry excuse for the real deal in my opinion. I will eat milk chocolate only if I’m absolutely desperate for chocolate and there is no dark chocolate around. After I’m done eating the milk chocolate, I will feel regret. 2. I have one younger sister. We […]
A Time for Change
If you have read any of my sporadic posts in the months that have made up this year thus far, thank you for being a true friend. 🙂 I’ve done my best to take my one little word seriously this year and really identify what needs changed and what doesn’t in my life. It was […]
Grace on a Train Ride
Lately you’ve been telling me, “I’m feeling shy a little bit.” Even when you don’t admit it, there are occasions when I can see it written on your face in scenarios that you used to do nothing but smile through. It makes me sad, sometimes, to see it, especially on the day we prepared to […]
Grace and Speeding Tickets
Photo Source I recently read Grace for the Good Girl by Emily Freeman and immediately identified with the good girl Miss Freeman described. Over the past decade of my life, God’s given me one situation after another to force me to overcome the false security I’d spent a lifetime building up in my head by […]
Some Thoughts That Lead to a Crazy Idea
My one little word for this year is Identify. One thing I love about adopting a word for the year is that, no matter how much I know I need to focus on it over the course of several months with intention, I can’t even comprehend how greatly it will impact me. This word has […]
What I’ve Been Reading
While I’m busy not writing so much right now, I’ve been catching up with a long-lost love of mine – reading. I don’t know exactly what caused it, but I went through a several years’ long funk in the book reading department. This year, I was determined to change that since I knew I’d have […]
Letters to my Daughter: Let’s Talk About Beauty
To my sweet baby girl, I tell you every day that you are God’s precious gift to me, but I wish with all of my being there were some way that I could convince you of how deeply I mean it. You have no idea how much He’s brought me through to get to this […]
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