Click below to listen to an audio version of this post: I alternated between wringing my hands, making proactive plans, and desperate crying. My son was having a hard time and I was frantic to solve it. He was only ten years old. Surely a mother’s love could do no less! You see, I had […]
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A Home After God’s Own Heart
Click here to listen to an audio version of this blog: Twenty years ago Steve and I were packing up our belongings to begin a new adventure in Barcelona, Spain. We were bright-eyed, excited, and, to be perfectly candid, a little uneasy. Would we hate it? Would we make friends? Would this new country ever […]
Two-Minute Tuesday: When Your Special Day Goes All Wrong
For downloadable audio, click here: Kids disobeying! Kids fighting! Kids throwing up!* Wasn’t this day supposed to be all about me??! Watch today’s Two-Minute Tuesday video to hear what God is teaching me about Mother’s Day, my birthday, and all those other all-about-me days. *Yes, that really happened.
Giving Good Hellos and Goodbyes
Click below to listen to an audio version of this post! Several years ago, a good friend encouraged me in way that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. She said that when I see her my face lights up as though seeing her is the highlight of my day. I listened to her kind words […]
My Inner Introvert is Screaming
COVID-19 Quarantine Day 30 We’re coming off a holiday weekend, albeit a strange one, watching church in our homes and dressed in Easter clothes from the waist up. But this Easter, just like every other year we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus – what joyful event! I know that in my head, but my heart […]