When you send your 3rd graders to school with a kiss and a lunch packed with love, you expect them to return home to you at the end of the day. But sometimes they don’t. When your 8th grader complains of pain in his hip, you expect to give him some ibuprofen and for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: faith
12 Things I want you to know about living with Lupus
May is Lupus Awareness Month. I have systemic lupus erythmatosus {SLE or lupus for short}, diagnosed in October 2009. I have friends that live with this disease as well. Day in and day out, year after year lupus does not go away. I don’t spend a lot of time focusing on lupus and the effect… Continue Reading
Sometimes there’s just not a Mother’s Day card that fits
Maybe you stand in the greeting card aisle, putting cards back one by one because you can’t find one that says what you need it to. There isn’t a Hallmark card that says “it’s okay. You did the best you could and I turned out just fine”, now is there? Maybe it’s not that you… Continue Reading
Worth the Wait
Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 Have you ever prayed for something for such a long time that you started to wonder if God was listening? The longer the wait, the shorter my faith. Shame on me. It was 17 years ago… Continue Reading
Sacred community
She had left her body about an hour earlier. Twelve of us stood around her hospital bed, hands clasped, lips forming the words to Amazing Grace. Scriptures read, stories shared, tears shed. It was one of the most sacred experiences of my life. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- I had unknowingly entered a sacred sisterhood. A band of… Continue Reading
Shining Light into the Dark {a God sized dreams post}
I got alone with God this week. That usually corresponds to a good deal of writing {I added 2100 words to my manuscript on Monday!} and often results in conviction and action on my part as well. Sometimes, in the pursuit of this God-sized dream of mine, I get overwhelmed. Thoughts like “there are plenty… Continue Reading
Dreams need cheerleaders {a God sized dreams post}
She was my grandmother’s best friend for their entire adult lives. And Monday God called her home. Too soon. I am sad for her family. For her grandbabies. For her husband. For my grandmother. For her clients. and, I’m sad for me. Kaye always made sure to tell me she was proud of me. Even… Continue Reading
Because God dreamt it first (a God-sized Dreams post)
God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame. Elizabeth Barrett Browning This week (and please don’t remind my recovering Type-A self how many weeks behind I am because I will cry) Holley’s challenge to her God Sized Dream Team is to write about the “why” behind our dream. Why? Why do I keep trying… Continue Reading
About that extra 21st chromosome
Today is World Down Syndrome Day. Just typing that makes me smile. My life has been blessed by knowing several people with an extra 21st chromosome. Each one has brought joy to my life, especially Shawn. Shawn has taught me A LOT in the three years I’ve known him. Like the joy of turning up… Continue Reading
Joy is {a God sized Dreams post}
My pastor reminded us this week that we tend to confuse joy and happiness. Happiness is an external circumstance dependent fleeting feeling. Joy is an internal, eternal gift that comes from our Heavenly Father. Joy can be found in the midst of the midst of the painful. True joy transcends circumstance so it is not… Continue Reading