Category: Struggles
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2018… A New Year
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Last day of 2017. I’d be lying if I said I’m sad to see this year end and a new year begin. I know it’s just a day on a calendar but there is something about anticipating a fresh start… a do-over of sorts. I don’t want to dwell on 2017… in less than 16…
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Expectations…
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in Advent, Christmas, Expectations, Gifts, Healing, Hope, love, Seasons, Struggles, The Journey, UncategorizedExpectations. We all have them. We all have them imposed upon us. Webster says that an expectation is a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future. Yep… my life has been full of expectations. My biggest expectations come around the holidays. I tend to have a little Norman Rockwell…
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The Battle Belongs to Him…
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Life feels hard right now. Nationwide, people are angry. People are afraid. People are confused. The next four years feel very unsettled. Social media has exploded with all of these feelings and emotions pouring out everyday. I’ve tried hard not to let myself get too caught up in emotion. Then there is the next layer…
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Just Another Day…
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August 2, 1997. It was just another day for most. It was a big day for me. Happiest day of my life… or so they say. For 7 years it was a day that was celebrated. Today, 19 years later, it’s just another day. One day closer to summer being over and getting back to…
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Seasons…Part of Living
today, tomorrow & every day – THOUGHTS ON LIVING A BRAVE AND REAL AND GORGEOUS LIFE. Written by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Jill Labieniec. Here are my continued thoughts on this amazing book I received as a gift. “Things really changed,” she said, “when I started to be more generous to myself.”…
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Resiliency and Growth Over Time…
today, tomorrow & every day – THOUGHTS ON LIVING A BRAVE AND REAL AND GORGEOUS LIFE. Written by M.H. Clark and illustrated by Jill Labieniec. Here are my continued thoughts on this amazing book I received as a gift. She hadn’t always been this way. …
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today, tomorrow & every day…
I recently received a very beautiful book from a friend. today, tomorrow & every day …
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Standing in the Gap…
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I love to pray. I love when people reach out for prayer and I can intercede on their behalf. I don’t take prayer lightly. When I say I will pray for someone, I pray. I stand in the gap for them. A friend recently asked me what I meant by “stand in the gap.” She…
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Grief Revisited…
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It takes only a song, a smell, a memory shared on FB, a sound, a picture, a date on the calendar… and the grief comes flooding back. Fresh as the day it began. Today was just that… a date on the calendar. Four months to the day. A time on the clock. It happened right…