Have you ever felt like you’re walking in the dark? Like you’re invisible to everyone else who seems to be getting along just fine? Have you ever felt this way in a church? I’m going to be honest with you right up front: I have long struggled to find peace, comfort, and hope in church….
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” (Ps. 32:8 NIV) “Don’t be a Karen” is something you may have heard or seen around social media on memes. It’s usually funny and accurate. And yes, while we should strive not to…
I am the proud mom of three kids: two girls aged fifteen and thirteen, and one nine-year-old boy. I always dreamt of becoming a mom and am grateful God entrusted these three to me and my husband. While this post will explore some of my learnings about parenting teens, I fully acknowledge how early it…
“I am not homeschooling your kids,” my college roommate said to her husband. My former roommate and I met up every month or so (with our spouses in tow) for a game night. We were all newlyweds with no kids. But to us, this epic argument about where our kids would go to school was…
If you happen to vacation in Cancun in July, you may be able to catch the tortugas marinas (sea turtles) clambering from the ocean in the late evenings to lay their eggs. What a thrill to see the large, dark mound of a turtle float in to shore and slowly and determinedly make her way…
When I was in college, I had the privilege of living with a bunch of gals who are now my lifelong friends. Back then, we were just trying to figure out life in our early twenties, who we wanted to be when we grew up, and of course, occasionally dating boys. As you might imagine,…