By the time you read this everything will be different. All the moments I am about to describe will have passed, but right now, right now there is a friend getting ready to put on her wedding dress, a...
I was a cheerleader in high school and loved it. I wasn’t much into the formations or building elaborate pyramids, but I loved cheering on our team at the games. I loved getting the crowd excite...
My kids and I love doing “two-minute devotions” around the breakfast table before school. While they are eating breakfast, I grab my Bible and we all discuss a scripture for a few minutes....
I confess, I’m a hopeless romantic. I’m the girl who looks tough on the outside but is a closet – Hallmark channel watching, Disney song listening, cries during the romantic comedy –hopele...
Nothing shouts sincerity louder than the sound of little children speaking to their creator. However, as one of Jesus’ disciples states in Luke 11:1 (NIV), “Lord, teach us to pray…&#...
My first blog…bear with me! Well…here goes nothing! Welcome to my blog! To be honest, I have been “mind blogging” (is that a thing?…it should be) since we stepped foot on...
Me to Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome, six blink-of-an-eye years ago: “So I think it’s time to start dealing with our oldest child. Ever since she turned three, she’s been testing me. Sh...
Ever had a season where things weren’t quite what you expected? A time when you expected glory and victory only to be met with struggle and straining? Although I wish we could just go from stren...
“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died an...
When I think of surrender I get a mental image of a person with their hands up over their head, at gunpoint. Maybe I watched too many old WW II movies as a child. Yes, that’s my mental image of ...