Merry Christmas, Friends! Celebrating the birth of Christ today – the promise of God with us. It’s the beginning of the sacrifice made for you…and me. It’s the extra grace in human form. It’s… { read more }
Life is CRAZY right now!!! December with kids is not for the weak! You’ve all been on my mind all week so I wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know… { read more }
Recently Lolo had a weekend retreat with the 7th grade girls in her confirmation class. She was supposed to be at church by 7:15 a.m. Saturday morning. I let her pack her things and… { read more }
Recently a friend of mine reached out to me for advice. Her brother lost his wife this year and this will be his first Christmas without her. She had the realization that the one… { read more }
Today would have been our 13th Wedding Anniversary. We were only given eleven together on this earth, but we packed a lifetime of love into that decade plus one. It is true that the… { read more }
If You Knew If you knew the heartache, would you comfort? If you knew the exhaustion, would you offer relief? If you knew the sorrow, would you give an embrace? If you knew the… { read more }
What a week it’s been! My Thanksgiving was definitely better than last year. For all of you facing your “firsts” this year, I want to tell you that at least one person has found… { read more }
It’s Thanksgiving Day, the second one without my husband. It’s also my 46th Birthday, the double-whammy that happens every now and then. I can’t believe I’ve made it to round two, but I’m still… { read more }
I need a new game plan. I’m not beating myself up about feeling down lately, but I don’t want to stay there. So how can I allow grief to do its work on me,… { read more }
What IS it about this time of year that makes everything soooo hard?! I keep telling myself, “You’ve been through this before. You can do this. It won’t be as bad as last year.”… { read more }