what a difference a year makes
A lot can change in a year. One year ago today this house and this babe in my belly were both a mere wish floating around in the abyss of my mind. But here...
Category: faith
re-bloom
I planted these wildflowers only to walk outside one day and find their blooms completely gone. I’m not sure if an animal had eaten them or what. Regardless, I was so sad! I loved...
enough cake to go around
Why do we have a difficult time being happy for each other? Why do we struggle so much with rooting one another on? I feel like there is an underlying current in our society...
when you walk through the waters…
It was the first time God had spoken to me. In the middle of the night, I awoke with the words on my lips, “When you walk through the waters, I will be with...
winds of change
Nine months. It had been nine months since Clay was moved to his interim job. And it had been nine months since I had felt as if my life was on hold. We wanted...
a promise and a call
God’s promises often come with a call. Here it just so happens to be a call to call on Him. And immediately followed is a promise — that He will show us. Not only...
float the canal
Packing up for our family trip to Hawaii, I couldn’t wait to get to the airport to pick up Clay. He’d been gone two weeks in the Congo on a work trip, and we’d...
on letting go and trusting God.
2018 brought quite a few lessons on letting go and trusting God. With Clay in an interim job position, much of our year felt like just that — an “interim” or an “in between.”...
Christmas Eve advent devo
This year I was asked to write an advent devo for our church. I thought it would be nice to share it here! . . . . . . . “She will bear a...
grief.
Grief. It sneaks up on you. Often when you least expect it. Pops up out of the blue with no warning at all.⠀ Last night we were watching Last Man. Neil’s daughter had passed...
