Years ago, I was given a new journal by a friend. I remember sitting down to write in it for the first time, opening the cover to the first page with a pen at the ready….and I had no idea what to write. A first page seemed so important, like a first impression. Chances are … More White Blank Page
Tomorrow is Sunday, and many of us will head to church. What I pray over you and myself is that we will be ready to engage with our hearts and souls when we get there. He’s a good King – worth singing about, don’t you think? … More Worthy of every song I could ever sing.
I know what’s going on when I can feel it, that quick tenderness when my tongue brushes over the corner of my mouth. If I wanted to toot my own horn, I could list a slew of things that I’m gifted at and enjoy doing, and you might be impressed (or totally fed up) with … More A Quiet Mind
I do not take it lightly that I am surrounded by a happy, healthy family. Over the years we’ve lost a few members, but they were all of a mostly natural cause; two great-grandmothers who passed away quietly in their 90s. But even at that, I’ve seen my fair share of death. The babysitter I … More How He feels about death
This snippet is a simple lesson for sure, and I feel like so many other women have come to this same conclusion and written about it already. But this week is was my lesson and it was a good one for my heart. On my day off this week I decided to set aside time for … More The Short List
Today I turn 25. Twenty-five. As I drove to and from LaFollette yesterday after a visit home, I thought about what turning 25 has felt like to my heart. As one friend put it, I’m now closer to 50 than my own birth. Mercy. Or as another dear told me, I’m 9,131 days old and … More Quarter life un-crisis.
Last week I wrote about some incredible friends God has placed in my life. Since I posted that blog, I’ve been thinking about community a lot. While I stand by every word I said about those precious ladies, I wanted to go a little farther on the subject. Sometimes community is hard. It’s sticky and … More The Hard Community
Just over 3 years ago, I came to live in Dayton. I had Joey, a few friends there, and a job waiting for me. It was lonely at times. I had grown up in a small town and knew everyone. I went to college and dove right in and had such good friends. Community came … More Home is where you’re known.
The end of the year is always a time of reflection for me. A time when the whole world naturally looks behind and looks ahead all at the same time. I think that’s a good thing. To sit and remember what the last 12 months have held, and to dream about what’s to come. For … More the quiet year
The past year has been one of much change internally for me. I’m looking over this page and I realize that I’ve only written 4 times in the year 2015. There are two main reasons for this, 1) grad school tends to require a lot of writing and my mind runs out of the desire … More As of late
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