Six Feet Apart Brings Us Together
I’ve laughed more, loved more, prayed more, played more, and found more freedom in lockdown than when the world was running off the rails.
Brown Bag Moments of Motherhood
I reach deep into darkness of the kitchen cupboard in search of last year’s lunch boxes. I laugh when I open Benny’s and find a moldy PBJ...
Skateboards and Sons: A Lesson On How To Live
When my older boys were younger, I heeded this parenting advice: “As a boy mom, your main job is to keep them alive.” At 15 and 13, they...
Getting Real To Heal
"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." James 5:16 (NIV) The Pepto-Bismol colored...
Going Offline to Realign
My tiny addiction to social media was getting out of control. I endlessly scrolled through silly memes, photos and updates on the...
Even When It Hurts
Take these ocean tears Hold me through the trial Come like hope again Even when the fight seems lost I'll praise you Even when it hurts...
A Day in the Life of Depression
I wear depression like a thick wool blanket, draped over my stiff achy shoulders, tripping over the dragging ends, unable to smoothly...
One Thing I Desire
My head rests gently on the soft cotton pillow, the pale yellow quilt tucked cozily to my ears in the dark of a summer evening at...
When Words Wound
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. --1 Peter 4:8 NIV I hugged him tight through his sobs...
Listen To The Women
He was preaching about the resurrection. He was fleshing out the details of the scene at the empty tomb. He talked of how the women...
