“Are you expecting?” The question hung in the air as our footfalls echoed off the paved trail. My feet were moving at a steady pace on that early morning run, but my mind froze at her question. I was not pregnant. In fact, my “baby” had recently turned three. With those three words, shame began…
“Shake it off.” ~ Taylor Swift I don’t know if you’ve ever had bad vibes from someone, but I’m guessing you have. It happens. It could be over a big thing or a little thing. The other person takes something you say the wrong way. Or maybe someone says something hurtful to you. It’s…
Once upon a time I was infertile. For years I struggled to find my place, my “tribe” if you will, and I did find it at last. I found support online, and I found it through a Support Group I helped start at my church. I felt scaffolded by the other women who were trudging…
When I was in my forties, I asked my mom, who was in her sixties, “Mom, at what age did you finally feel like a real grown up?” “I’ll let you know,” she said. “It hasn’t happened yet.” I thought being a grown-up would be a little less–I don’t know–messy. I thought it would be…
The attack came out of the blue. I sat in my office, minding my own business. In walked Temptation. She toyed with my mind like a cat tangled in a ball of yarn. She plowed the ground of my dry heart, trying to expose seeds of truth to the harsh heat of her lies. I…
“Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.” (Matt. 23:28) From the outside it looked just fine. It looked like any other trash can on the road waiting for pick-up. It wasn’t even overflowing. Outside it was exactly as it should have been. But the inside contained…