For the remainder of December, some friends and I are choosing to see just one thing each day. We are taking our cues from Psalm 9:1-2. Join us? Here is the focus for each day: Write down one thing you're thankful for Choose to remember something good that's happened Smile Sing or listen to one song and… Continue reading TWL: Just One Thing Series (Day 2)
Year: 2016
This Written Love Series: Just One Thing
Yesterday, a friend gently nudged my weary soul with an idea. I had just finished telling her that this is my favorite time of year, but due to the nature of my job, I don't get to pause and snuggle into the season like I used to. She understood, and said again, "Just one… Continue reading This Written Love Series: Just One Thing
What I think God really cares about, in light of this election.
As the debate began, I found myself overwhelmed with a feeling of sadness, but I don't think it was mine. Earlier in the evening, I was picking up some items at a local store and two young boys walked past me. They had their skateboards and backpacks and were talking to each other. I say… Continue reading What I think God really cares about, in light of this election.
Can I ask you a question?
Want to go on an adventure? Great! Then we need to talk about something first. It is unfortunate to me that our idea of relationship has deteriorated to a quick text, a comment under a post, or a thumbs up. Somehow the internet has made me feel like I’m reading a billboard instead of having a conversation.… Continue reading Can I ask you a question?
An Unknown Mother
This is a post I wrote last year the day before Mother's Day. It speaks of one of my most painful times, and yet it is my most popular blog post to date. Please read and share with anyone who may be an unknown mother... I am an unknown mother. I stayed seated at church… Continue reading An Unknown Mother
Trying isn’t good enough.
https://youtu.be/9EiY9Oc72oE Everyone thinks about bullies, but the truth is not many people do anything about it. Every day we cross paths with people. Some are good and some are bad, but you know who the greatest offenders are? They are the ones who don't do anything. They've picked no side, and even more dangerous is… Continue reading Trying isn’t good enough.
Let me introduce myself…
Want to go on an adventure? Great! Then we need to talk about something first. It is unfortunate to me that our idea of relationship has deteriorated to a quick text, a comment under a post, or a thumbs up. Somehow the internet has made me feel like I’m reading a billboard instead of having a conversation.… Continue reading Let me introduce myself…
Big Dreams Start Here
Yesterday didn't start out like a good dream. Unless of course, you consider waking up to a filthy kitchen a dream come true. My first moments of consciousness were welcomed by the irritation that comes when the young men I live with don't do what they say they are going to do. Instead of a… Continue reading Big Dreams Start Here
Intimacy Exposed
In the last blog, I invited you to join me on a journey. We asked God to love us up close, intimately. I don't know about you, but when I think of intimacy, visions of candles, sweet conversation over coffee, and hopefully chocolate drift through my mind. I daydream longingly about all the possibilities of… Continue reading Intimacy Exposed
Love Me Up Close…
For the past few years, I have prayed and asked God for a word that I might focus on in the year to come. The last two years my words were order and restoration. This year, my word both frightens and excites me. It is INTIMACY. The following are definitions from the Webster's Dictionary 1828… Continue reading Love Me Up Close…