Apr 22, 2022 | Anxiety, Brokenness, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, God, God's Love, Hope, Joy, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Pregnant Over 40
Tomorrow marks one year—one year since I was readmitted to the hospital with postpartum preeclampsia. One year, since I left my big kids and my brand new baby at home with my husband, while a sweet friend drove me to my doctor’s appointment and then straight to the...
Jan 24, 2022 | Anxiety, Brokenness, Encouragement, Faith, Faithful Living, Fear, God, God's Faithfulness, God's Love, Motherhood, Peace, Prayer
I watched the leaves dance in the wind as I sat by the window praying, while my baby girl napped nearby. “God, I wish I could see you. I wish Jesus could sit here and hold my hand. I wish I could hear you…that we could sit together just you and me. I wish you...
Mar 15, 2019 | Brokenness, Failure, Faith, Fear, God, Joy, Marriage
I never thought I’d be divorced. This thought wasn’t born from arrogance, but from naivety. We often accuse children and teens of having a “that will never happen to me” attitude, but honestly as adults, we tend to have the same mindset at times. We often think...
Jan 13, 2019 | Brokenness, Compassion, Faith, God
To the one sitting alone in church, I’ve been you. In fact, there was a time, when I sat by myself week after week and month after month for quite some time. And it was hard some days. I grew up going to church. That’s what we did on Sundays, and we always went...
Dec 21, 2018 | Brokenness, Christmas, Faith, God
Last year during Wednesday night church activities, our little girl made an Advent calendar. The calendar had 24 vacant spaces to affix beautiful, yellow stars starting on December 1st and going through Christmas. Every day she looked forward to placing that yellow...
Dec 3, 2018 | Brokenness, Christmas, Faith, God, Joy
Is your JOY turned upside down, backward, and hanging on by a thread? Mine is too some days. This past weekend, we put up our Christmas tree. The kids were excited and eager to begin hanging ornaments. In my son’s haste (and inability to read!), he pulled out an...