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
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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…
It’s almost Christmas…
I've been thinking a lot about what it means to hope lately. Actually, if I'm honest, I've been thinking more about hopelessness. And, yet, it's almost Christmas. The season of hope, joy, peace, and love. However, I don't think I've ever felt the heartbreak of life like I have this year. My eyes have rested… Continue reading It’s almost Christmas…
Fall’s Fresh Breath
There have been a lot of changes for me recently. I am still a Resident Adviser at the Joel Home, but I have also taken on a job with The Navigators. Now that my full-time training is over, I hope to get back to offering more consistent posts as I settle into a new routine… Continue reading Fall’s Fresh Breath
Fighting With Hope
We have three young men's lives in our hands. Lives that so far have experienced neglect, abuse, and abandonment. Lives that are broken and aren't just laying in pieces but lives that are missing pieces all together. I lay there, staring at the ceiling. God, how do we do this? Who are we to heal… Continue reading Fighting With Hope
An Unknown Mother
I am an unknown mother. I stayed seated at church when all the mothers in the room were asked to stand up. I clapped and smiled for them and the little ones by their side, in their arms, or filling out their tummies. Not many know that four years ago exactly I could have stood… Continue reading An Unknown Mother