Tag: Jesus
Sometimes I Forget You Have a Plan.
Sometimes I forget you have a plan. I decide to panic and figure things out on my own, when it is much easier to simply let you do it all and follow along. The still small voice inside …
Lateral Grief
This morning I was driving to work reflecting on the past two years. Weird it’s been two years. It seems like five minutes some days; others an eternity. When in the pit of grief the only way to …
Grief: The Wondering and Wandering
Sometimes when I make decisions I ask myself a simple question. If my dad were here right now, would his shoulders shake with laughter approving my decision, or would I get his “disclaimer look?” I like to think …
Relationships Complicated by Communication
Communication is the key to relationship success. It is the number one way to continue- or discontinue- a relationship with someone. There don’t have to be words exchanged- it can be a look or a touch. You can …
Is This What a MidLife Crisis Looks Like?
Have I entered into a place of no return where my kids are adults finding their way and my house is quiet and my husband is reflective? At one point this past year, I was in full scale …
Keep Holding Out For Hope
I am the mother of four adult children. It’s mind-blowing, to say the least. I have days when I shake my head in disbelief. These grown people have jobs, kids, and dogs. They rent homes, buy cars and …
I’ll Take the Folding Chair
We find ourselves in a peculiar position. John and I have realized how many things are different in our lives- the middle part we are going to call it, because who really wants to know, right? We are …
Thankful Thinking
It was raining cats and dogs and hippos out there. We had a flood warning for days. There were multiple accidents on the radio, thankfully none of them impeding my journey to work. I arrived safe, dry and …
Christmas Joy and a New Year
Christmas Joy. What does it mean to you? For me, Christmas Joy is focused on gifts, but maybe not in a traditional sense. I am a person who takes very seriously the choosing and giving of gifts. I …
