Category: Relationships

Be Where You Are

When sitting in various places where we all wait, I spend a lot of time just taking in all my surroundings. I look at weird things- the way a room is decorated, paint colors, furniture and most of …

This Bumpy Road

On the bumpy road of life there are many things that can hold us back. I think the fear of how people interpret the truth about how we feel is one of those things. Written words often come …

Dear Church Ladies….with article

A couple weeks ago, I contributed to this website with a letter to the ladies of the church….I love womens ministry…and I really feel the need for it more and more. Follow the link HERE I hope you …

The Jekyll/Hyde within me

There is no amount of coffee that can handle a Monday like today. Today, my dad starts chemotherapy and radiation, and it terrifies me. Every single horrible and worst case scenario that can run through my head has …

Living in the BUBBLE

To ignite true change, you have to ignite something different, something fierce, something that makes you want to get up in the morning and be – different. Over the past few years I have been lighting these fires …

Easter Chance

The Easter eggs are all stuffed, sorted and bagged. Dinner is planned, a grocery list is prepared. Now it is time for me to sit back and pray for the days ahead. Easter is not an easy holiday …

Oh Mary…

I plan on spending a lot of quiet time this week. As I approach Easter and all it means, I prepare for the hustle of  a hodge podge mix of family and friends to arrive on my doorstep …

The Things No one Warned Me About: Take Two

“Where are all the towels?” Serious question when you are first married.  “I think they are all dirty” I replied, not knowing the impact that was going to have on the rest of the day.  You see, I …

Series: The Things No One Warned Me About: Take One

When our oldest son told us he was leaving for Florida the day after his 18th birthday, I was stunned. The few days I had to prepare myself were not at all enough.  I soon found myself standing …

When the going gets tough, the tough get Coffee

This morning I relish in the thought of the new found friendships I have been forging over the past 10 days. Friendship can be so hard. I am a hard friend, I know that. Maybe high maintenance, I …