What A Depressed Friend Might Need Right Now ------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks ago my daughter’s boyfriend bought her a Kate Spade wallet in NYC. We had wandered around touching all the pretty things, ...
To My Son on Graduation Eve
Dear Son of Mine on Graduation Eve, I love that my heartbeat was the first one you heard and that my hand the first to hold yours. That God entrusted broken me with you is humbling and overwhelming.When I first became a mother to you I had no idea ...
Dear Friend Who Doesn’t Like Mother’s Day
The greeting card aisle is going to be packed this week at the grocery store- dozen of folks swarmed around to find just the right words to stick in an envelope. It's coming Sunday: Mother's Day. This is the day we set aside to celebrate moms and ...
The High Cost Of Community
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." - Hebrews 12:1 If yo ...
When The New Year Looks Like a Broken Road
When I was fifteen years old I was in the passenger seat during a terrible car accident. I don’t remember much from that day or the days that followed. I sustained the most injury out of the 4 teens in that Oldsmobile on that Friday night of my s ...
On Looking Back Before We Look Forward
Hello 2018. You came in downright cold today in most places here in the U.S. Friends have messaged me all day of -20 degree temperatures in the Midwest. I found it hard to leave yoga pants and my favorite sweatshirt and opted to stay cozy in sai ...
One Thing To Remember About Brokenness This Christmas
Christmas cards show scenes of Mary, halo-looped, surrounded with light and gazing at her son. Our image of the mother of Jesus is pure. It is a clean white portrait of one who is wise and serene. We have another version the Mary with h ...