Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable – Bondai People Proverb Recently I sat with a sweet friend who began to share some of her life story with me. I wept as the horrific details spilled out. It was more than I could almost fathom as she shared of her childhood and the shattered life she […]
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“The days are long but the years are short “- Gretchen Rubin Nobody ever mentioned to me when I was in the thick of exhaustion in the jungles of diaper changing, wiping 4 snotty noses and toting a million pound diaper bag on my hip that while those days were busy and hard, how equally […]
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Recently something happened in my day that gave me a flashback to some pretty scary moments that happened over two decades ago. Lowell & I were serving as missionaries in Haiti where we lived close to the beautiful Caribbean, far out in the boondocks away from the civilized world we were used to here at […]
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I am married to a dear man who creates his own words. As I was pondering the title of this particular writing, I decided to look into if peopling was actually a word or if hubby was wearing off on me. The Urban Dictionary notes peopling as the ability to tolerate people and their stupidity […]
Continue readingWhat Grief Is Not
As the ebb and flow of my own personal grief continues, I remain astounded at the fragile sometimes painful ties that bind my heart to others who grieve. Conversations especially with other mamas who have lost often turn to what might be our own triggers for the resurfacing of what we thought was done like […]
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Today my precious baby should be turning 11. Instead we are in year 7 of her living in Heaven. Grief has not been gracious to me pound wise. This year, I have taken some drastic steps to change my habits and hopefully my thought process in the kitchen, which has always been a haven to […]
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Over the summer, I came face to face with some pretty big decisions. With the last few years being ones I spent very sick, I had acquired quite a few pounds my doctors referred to as Prednisone pounds. With some of the health challenges I have had, diabetes has been on the radar for quite […]
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I have come that they might have life and might have it abundantly…John 10:10 This week as I sat with a new friend, she spoke some words that have been long tumbling about in my heart. They came out something like this… What if Christ’s church could truly grasp the need for prayer for the […]
Continue readingWhen Mother’s Day Is Hard….
I used to love celebrations of most any kind. Don’t get me wrong. I still do. Mostly. But as I’ve gotten older, the empathy in me has sometimes trumped my love of celebrating. I have struggled with the verse in Romans where it says “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep”…. What […]
Continue readingBlessed Are Those Who Mourn…
“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. Psalm 56:8” Pastor Steve read from Matthew 5 in his latest sermon. I have heard the Beatitudes read probably a million times in my lifetime. Never did verse 4 jump out to me like it did in this moment. […]
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