What Do You Want?
As graduation season approaches, many of us will spend time celebrating or possibly grieving, fretting, and worrying over the transitions of life that are happening. I know in my home, we have one child leaving middle school for high school, and I honestly do not know how that is even possible when I graduated just […]
A Heavenly View
There isn’t much I like better than a beautiful sunrise, especially the ones I get to see out of my back windows each morning. I have always talked to my kids about what a wonderful artist God is, how He gifts us with a new masterpiece each morning, how inspired I feel to walk into […]
Suddenly…
Here we are on the cusp of a brand new year, and I think, “How did we get here so fast?!” Isn’t all of life that way, though? It flies by until suddenly, everything is different. Someone once told me that when it comes to our children, the days are long, but the years are […]
What are you so worried about?
What is your greatest fear? No matter how tough we may act, we are ALL afraid of something! The dark. Spiders. Snakes. Ghosts. Heights. Public speaking. Death….. Phobias are irrational fears or being afraid of something completely benign or to an illogical degree. But many of our fears today are valid reasons for anxiety: the […]
Such a Time as This…
I want to be completely honest with you. I almost got in my car and drove across town to get my kids from school last week when I saw the breaking news about the local school shooting. There is nothing I feel more fiercely about than protecting my children. But then I remembered…. Yes, part […]
Jury Duty
It was perhaps the longest two days of my life. But when you have sixteen hours to sit quietly in a room full of strangers, you have a little time to think, and to pray, and to wonder…who are my peers? Are these people my peers? If I were on trial, defending my very life […]
When Love Leads, Freedom Rings!
I consider myself to be a red-blooded American who believes in freedom, darn it! And I believe in all freedoms, for all people, until they infringe upon the safety and freedom of others. It doesn’t really matter which “side of the aisle” on which you stand, we should all agree that an assassination attempt on […]
This Is a Tough One…
This is a tough one to write. And will probably be lengthy, but I hope you’ll take the time to walk with me for a moment. Our medical mission trip to Honduras this week was canceled. After fundraising thousands of dollars to pay for the trip and supplies, and after spending two solid days (countless […]
Are You a Good Neighbor?
Today I am visiting our Nation’s Capital with my 11-year-old son. He asked me on the bus latelast night on the way here, “What do people who live in Washington D.C. think?”“What do you mean?” I asked.“Well, just, the people who live in Washington DC, they get to live in the Capital of the wholecountry! […]
Out of Time
In the past three weeks, we’ve lost four friends or family members, none of whom were “expected” to pass away. One of the things you always hear is “We’re not promised tomorrow,” and while we know this is true and often repeat it, sometimes life hits in a way that you feel it. Deeply. One […]