When Fear Crawls In

I looked at it a second time then a third. Upon examining it carefully, the lump didn’t look right. Fear swarmed and swam through my mind and heart. We sat to pray. My heart feared the worst for a moment, but I decided to put it in its place. An appointment is schedule for Thursday……

Drinking Water

I had a killer headache on Friday. I even took a nap to fight it off: perhaps it was fatigue. I had to take some medicine and drank lots of water. After I was a little more awake and was less drowsy, the headache wasn’t as powerful. A day later, I still felt that headache.……

A New Me

I’m realizing I’ve gone through the grief process and am going through it. Depending on the day, I’ll be grieving loss. I wish I could share it all and share it openly. I’d like to share that I have mourned the person I once was: hurried, “mentally gone” at time though physically present. This COVID……

Life Water

I love seeing my girls run through sprinklers yesterday at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s. Their cute faces and smiles and sheer joy running beneath the arc of the water and the rainbow glistening in the water. Photo by Jordan Hopkins on Unsplash In the water, they are their truest selves, laying in puddles now sprinkled with……

Deflating

We pumped up the right tire on the stroller and got everyone situated for our walk. All the kids were accounted for and we turned the corner from our drive way when upon adjusting the stroller to make it comfortable, it wasn’t rolling properly. The right tire was flat! My husband asked if I had……

Get Good at Grieving

What a time we are in! We are in a season of much loss and heartache & grieving these last couple of months of March and April 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lately, friend after friend pouring out their hearts sharing that they feel the “blahs” or “bleh.” Scrolling through Social Media and seeing many……

Plugged In

Not only did it happen to me once, or twice, but three times. Have you ever gone to plug your phone or device in, left it to charge, then check on it later only to see your device was at the same percentage or dead?! After the first time or second time, you realize that……

Do You Feel It, Too?

What a season we are in, this COVID-19. Shelter in Place. Barely any space. We want to run but are supposed to sit still. We turn up the noise when God says “Hush, let’s get real…” We say “Don’t touch the band-aid”, he says “Let me clean out this wound.” We wriggle and writhe, throw……

“Why Are They Bad, Mom?”

This past Sunday, we went around the perimeter of our home to do some weeding. Searching for the weeds growing around, we found them in the cracks along the drive away, the path to the backyard, and along the fence-line. We were out weeding so we could avoid tiny pokes to our bare feet in……

A Miracle In the Drought

I remember it happened when we were driving back from Oregon long before I was married. It could have been a partly cloudy day. On that drive, it was just Mom, Dad and me. Mom reminisced on her childhood telling me of an incredible story, I countered sharply, “Are you lying to me?!” Mom replied,……