“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for goodness, not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV)…
I am the woman at the well. Jesus came and found me where I should not have been. Doing the things that left me empty and hollow inside, void of purpose and meaning. He found me there thirsty and desperate—crying out to be seen, celebrated, and loved, instead of trampled underfoot and forgotten. He found…
My knobby knees shook, and huge drops began to fall from the overcast February sky. We stood in the vacant street in front of the old house on Jerome Avenue, and my sister broke down the mechanics of the “crossover.” I wanted, as badly as I had ever wanted anything at twelve years old, to be…
“I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” ~Anne of Green Gables I’ll be honest with you. October has never been my favorite month. You see, I am a summer girl, and October reminds me that summer is really really over and cold winter days are right around the corner. I…
I penned this while grieving the loss of my friend Ashley’s son, Macklin August, who went home to his heavenly Father on Mother’s Day after thirty-two weeks in the womb. My deepest hope is that those of you who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or infant will find room to breathe while reading…
“Wow, you really have your hands full.” “Are you running a daycare?” “Are they all yours?” I heard all these comments during one afternoon of grocery shopping with my children. Four children five and under will do that to people. But what people don’t know as they watch me maneuver through the aisles, one child…